Capt. James Ernest Lacy

The Cap was a great guy I was an HT on the Hector from 77 to 79. Talked with him a few times Never at mast. But always heard he was fair. Remember his advice when we went to the P.I. .was true but funny. If you've been there then you understand back then. God bless you Sir. Wind in your sails and Godspeed. Petty officer Jim Cope

Berthed in Yokosuka Japan, AR-7, we (the ship's divers) were asked to test the ship's after-hours security team(s). Pacicca and I donned our irreverent military gear (Aussie and camo hat, UDT shorts, blue shirt, belt with diver's knife, choral booties and camo'd face) and boarded the ship from the harbor. After taking the QM's room, Radio (bad news) and a couple of other quazi-sensitive locations hoping to initiate security force counter measures but with no security forces finding us, we...

God Bless you Captain.

Thank you for being our Captain on the USS Hector AR-7.

Thank you for being our Captain on the USS Hector AR-7.

I remember the skipper meeting with the various ranks on the mess decks. He was Fielding questions from E5's. One question for Captain Lacey that always stuck in my mind was something like "What do we do with the recalcitrant sailor who is a discipline problem and he just won't do what he's required to do?" Captain Lacey, drawing a drag on his cigarette while looking thoughtfully across the room, slowly and deliberately responded "In my day.. we had the bosun Locker... next question" I sure...

Dear Lacy Family,
Capt. Lacy was the (Old Man) when I was stationed aboard the USS Stoddard DD 566. I remember Capt. Lacy as being a fair, down to earth, not to full of himself, upbeat person. I never knew the Capt. personally other than a good morning or other greetings. I worked below deck, so I never had the contact with him that others had. But I heard all the stories. While we were off the coast of Viet Nam (1968-1969) it got very hot. The guys manning the Swift Boats or River Boats...

MR1 at the time, one of the greatest CO's I've ever had the pleasure of serving under. RIP Jim.