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Revision as of 13:24, 16 September 2015

U.S.S. Caesar (1896)
Hull Number: AC-16
Builder: Ropner and 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 and 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

[14]

  • two 3-pounders
  • two 1-pounders

1918

[15]

  • 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, 1916. p. 20.
  14. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
  15. 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.