- Built at Sparrows Point, Maryland
- Service in providing fuel
- Sinking of Hector
- See also
- References
- External links
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}} | USS Hector (AC-7) was a collier acquired by the United States Navy prior to World War I. She carried coal to those ships still burning coal to build up steam for their engines, and continued that service until her wrecking and sinking in 1916. She was the sister of USS Mars. Built at Sparrows Point, MarylandHector — the second ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy — was launched on 3 July 1909 by the Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland; and commissioned on 22 October 1909. Service in providing fuelShe was on special service with the Atlantic Fleet from commissioning through 1913, when she was stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. From there, Hector served as a fuel ship, ferrying freight and fuel up the U.S. East Coast and down to the Caribbean, especially Guantánamo Bay and Santo Domingo. Sinking of HectorHector was wrecked off the Atlantic coast on 14 July 1916 and sank three days later. See also- United States Navy
- World War I
References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h4/hector-ii.htm}}
External links- USS Hector (Collier # 7), 1909-1916
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