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Collier No. 16 / AC-16 Caesar

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Spanish Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal (with Mobile Base Clasp)

Caesar Class Collier;

Laid down in 1896 as Kingtor by Ropner and Sons, Stockton-On-Tees, England

Acquired by the US Navy, 21 April 1898

Commissioned USS Caesar (Collier No. 16), 13 May 1898

Decommissioned, 23 May 1904, at Norfolk Navy Yard

Recommissioned, 27 December 1904

Decommissioned, 28 October 1905, at Norfolk Navy Yard

Recommissioned, 5 November 1905

Designated (AC-16), 17 July 1920

Decommissioned, 11 July 1922, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register and sold 22 December 1922, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 5,920 t.
Length 322' 1"
Beam 43' 11"
Draft 17' 7"
Speed 10 kts.
Complement unknown
Armament two 3-pdrs
Propulsion coal fired reciprocating steam engine, single propeller

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
90k	*Caesar* in port, possibly while fitting out for Navy service in April-May 1898. US National Archives photo # 19-N-28-5-11, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval Historical Center
86k	*Caesar* at anchor in 1908-1909, while transporting submarines to the Philippine Islands. The "boats" are either Porpoise (Submarine # 7) and Shark (Submarine # 8), which were embarked on *Caesar* in April-July 1908, or Adder (Submarine # 3) and Moccasin (Submarine # 5), which were on board in July-October 1909. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1973. US Navy photo NH 78275, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval Historical Center
98k	This may be *Caesar* coaling California (Armored Cruiser # 6) circa 1907-1908 and the location may be in California. The original photograph was printed on a postal card, published by Frank J. Stumm, Benignant, Benecia, CA. Courtesy of Alfred Cellier, 1977. US Navy photo # NH 86211, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center
79k	Panoramic photograph of Caesar (AC-16)'s Officers and Crew, taken on board at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, 1921. Donation of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, VA. US Navy photo # NH 98658, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	US Naval Historical Center

View the Caesar (AC-16)
DANFS History entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Not Applicable to this Vessel

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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