American heavy repair ship USS Hector (AR7) according to the report of progress of naval construction dated 1 May 1942

NavSource. Underway in harbor, possibly at San Pedro, CA., circa 1944.

Contractor. Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California, USA

Percentage of completion on 1 May 1942: 27.4

Percentage of completion gain for April 1942: 7.0

Keel laid: 28 July 1941

Number of months between keel laying and completion: 24

Date of completion as per contract or order: 30 August 1943

Date of completion as reported by building yard on 11 January 1941: 30 August 1943

Date of completion as last reported by building yard: 1 August 1943

Months 11 January 1941 prediction: ahead 1

Note

1. Of the Vulcan-class repair ships. Launched on11 November 1942, commissioned on 7 February 1944, decommissioned on 31 March 1987, leased to Pakistan on 20 April 1989, renamed PNS Moawin, returned to US Custody at Singapore, stricken on 1 July 1994 and broken up in India in 1994.

Sources

Franklin Roosevelt D. Roosevelt Presidential Library&Museum. Bureau of Ships: reports 1 May 1942 FDR’s President’s Secretary’s Files (psfc000095).

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