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Revision as of 18:12, 22 July 2015
U.S.S. Caesar (1896) | |
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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.
- Lieutenant Commander Arthur B. Speyers, 13 May, 1898[11]
- Lieutenant Commander Walter M. Hunt, 9 October, 1915[12]
Armament
1898
- two 3-pounders
- two 1-pounders
1918
- four 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 8.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 20.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 130.
- ↑ 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.