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USS Caesar (1898-1922, later AC-16)

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USS Caesar, a 5920-ton collier, was built in 1896 at Stockton-on-Tees, England, as the commercial freighter Kingtor. She was purchased by the Navy in April 1898, part of the Nation's preparations for the Spanish-American War. Commissioned in mid-May, she transported coal in support of combat activities in the Caribbean area during that brief conflict and, for more than two decades, in both the Atlantic and Pacific as part of the Navy's wide-ranging logistics system. Her voyages to the Far East included three of special interest. In December 1905 - July 1906 Caesar helped tow the "Dewey" floating drydock from the United States to the Philippines, and a few years later she made two trips to take submarines to Manila Bay. USS Porpoise and USS Shark were transported out on her decks in April-July 1908, while USS Adder and USS Moccasin went out in July-October 1909.

Among the collier's other noteworthy activities were providing support for a 1906 scientific expedition to observe a solar eclipse in Spain, and carrying refugees and relief supplies in 1915-1916 as World War I fighting created turmoil in the eastern Mediterranean. In 1917 and the first eight months of 1918 Caesar served with the Asiatic Fleet, then took supplies to France as the First World War came to an end. She remained active in the Atlantic after the war and was designated AC-16 when the Navy implemented its hull number system in July 1920. Overhauled in 1920-1921, the collier carried coal between the East and West Coasts and, in the spring of 1922, made a trip to Samoa. USS Caesar was decommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, in June 1922 and sold in December of that year.

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