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Mess Deck: General Section => Full Scale Ships => Topic started by: pswinn on May 22, 2011, 03:44:09 pm

Title: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: pswinn on May 22, 2011, 03:44:09 pm
hello every one

I am looking for photographs of the USS Hector (Collier # 7) i can only seem to find a couple and there not really good enough to get detail to build a model.
I have also seen a ship that looks identical called the USS Vulcan any help photographs of the ships or even other peoples models would be a great help.

sorry if this is in the wrong section

Paul
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: farrow on May 26, 2011, 12:40:40 pm
Hi Mate,
I see in the 1965-66 Janes, she had 3 sisterships, Vulcan was one built in New York, the other two where Ajax and Jason built in Los Angeless as was Hector. Afraid only one small photo of the Vulcan. Hector's pennant no was AR7.
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: pswinn on June 20, 2011, 11:12:25 pm
Thank you for your help on that
sorry the reply is late coming

there are quite a few Hector's the one i have plans for is the 1909 - 1916 one i think the others are war ships
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: farrow on June 21, 2011, 09:53:38 pm
Hi, thats okay, have you tried the U.S.Naval historical /records dept yet. I found their site by accident and there is hell of alot of info that that you would never dream off obtaining this side of the pond without knowing someone or shelling out loads of notes.
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: pswinn on June 29, 2011, 05:04:06 pm

i have tried the U.S.Naval historical /records dept and i also have managed to get the plans for the full sized one
Thanks for all your help
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: farrow on July 05, 2011, 10:47:35 pm
Only to happy to have helped in some way, but it is a fascinating site, with a lot more info etc than you get this side of the pond.
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: Xtian29 on July 06, 2011, 07:02:21 am
hello

There is lot of Hector pics here :

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/25/2507.htm

A+ Xtian
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: pswinn on July 08, 2011, 09:01:48 am
hello thanks for your post xtian29

the s s hector i'm looking for is between 1909 - 1916 it was a coal ship not a war ship

thanks for your info though
Title: Re: USS Hector (Collier # 7)
Post by: Xtian29 on July 08, 2011, 09:22:26 am
Hllo

Oups ... but there is also that one on the same site  : http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/02/0207.htm

A+ Xtian