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Latest revision as of 15:25, 9 April 2018

U.S.S. Caesar (1896)
Hull Number: AC-16
Builder: Ropner & Sons[1]
Purchased: 21 April, 1898[2]
Launched: 31 January, 1896[3]
Commissioned: 13 May, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 11 June, 1922[5]
Sold: 22 December, 1922[6]

U.S.S. Caesar was a collier purchased for the U.S. Navy.

Construction

Launched on 31 January, 1896 by Ropner & Sons of Stockton-on-Tees, England as the Kingtor.[7] Purchased by the U.S. Navy on 21 April, 1898 and fitted out at the New York Navy Yard.[8]

Service

Caesar was commissioned on 13 May, 1898.[9]

Renamed Mogul in 1923 and ultimately scrapped at Yokohama during 1935.[10]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Armament

1898

[16]

  • two 3-pounders
  • two 1-pounders

1918

[17]

  • four 6-pounders

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  2. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  3. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  4. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  5. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  6. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  7. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  8. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  9. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  10. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  11. ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
  12. ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 18.
  13. ↑ Register of Officers, 1905. p. 20.
  14. ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 20.
  15. ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 20.
  16. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  17. ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.



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