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<div name=fredbot:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=U.S.S. ''Caesar'' (1896)|hullno=AC-16 |prefix=U.S.S. |name=Caesar |cat=Collier |chain=NONE |type=collier |nat=US |order= |purchased=21 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |builder=[[Ropner and Sons]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |laid= |launch=31 January, 1896{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |comp= |comm=13 May, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |decomm=11 June, 1922{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |strick= |fate=Sold |fatedate=22 December, 1922{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} |fate2= |pend= |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Caesar''''' was a [[collier]] purchased for the [[U.S. Navy]]. ==Construction== Launched on 31 January, 1896 by [[Ropner and Sons]] of Stockton-on-Tees, England as the ''Kingtor''.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} Purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] on 21 April, 1898 and fitted out at the [[New York Navy Yard]].{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} ==Service== ''Caesar'' was commissioned on 13 May, 1898.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} Renamed ''Mogul'' in 1923 and ultimately scrapped at Yokohama during 1935.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} ==Captains== Dates of appointment are provided when known. <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Caesar''">{{TenureListBegin|Captain of {{US-Caesar|f=p}}}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Arthur Bayard Speyers|nick=Arthur B. Speyers|appt=13 May, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 8}}|precBy=New Command}} {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Walter Morrell Hunt|nick=Walter M. Hunt|appt=9 October, 1915{{USOfficerReg1916|p. 20}}}} {{TenureListEnd}} </div name=fredbot:officeCapt> ==Armament== ===1898=== {{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} * two 3-pounders * two 1-pounders ===1918=== {{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} * four 6-pounders ==See Also== {{refbegin}} {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Caesar_(AC-16)}} {{refend}} ==Footnotes== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} * {{SilverstoneNewNavy}} {{refend}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Caesar}} {{CatClassCollier|US}} {{CatShipCollier|US}} <!-- data nat=US cat=Collier type=collier prefix=U.S.S. chain=NONE sortdate=21 April, 1898 {ship name=Caesar hullno=AC-16 builder=[[Ropner and Sons]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} order= purchased=21 April, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} laid= launch=31 January, 1896{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} comm=13 May, 1898{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} decomm=11 June, 1922{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} strick= fate=Sold fatedate=22 December, 1922{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 130}} } data -->

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