The USS Patroclus was named after Achillies beloved slain in what war by Hector?
USS Patroclus (ARL-19) USS "Patroclus" (ARL-19) was laid down as a United States Navy "LST-542"-class tank landing ship but converted to one of 39 "Achelous"-class repair ship s that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II. Named for Patroclus (a Homeric character; a beloved of Achilles, slain by Hector while fighting in Achilles’ armor), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
Patroclus Hill Patroclus Hill ( ) is a rounded, snow-covered hill, 760 m, separated by a low col from the northwest side of Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Patroclus, the squire and close friend of Achilles in Homer's Iliad.