USS Vulcan
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USS Vulcan is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:
- USS Vulcan (1884)USS Vulcan (1884)USS Vulcan was an iron-hulled, schooner-rigged screw steamship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use as a repair ship during the Spanish-American War.- The Navy’s first repair ship :...
, a schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
commissioned on 31 May 1898.
- USS Vulcan (AC-5)USS Vulcan (AC-5)USS Vulcan was a collier of the United States Navy.The second ship to bear the name, she was laid down on 5 October 1908, at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Maryland Steel Company, launched on 15 May 1909, and commissioned at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 2 October 1909.-1909—1912:For more than two...
, a collier commissioned 2 October 1909.
- USS Vulcan (AR-5)USS Vulcan (AR-5)USS Vulcan was the lead ship of her class of repair ships of the United States Navy. The ship was laid down on 16 December 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation; launched on 14 December 1940; sponsored by Mrs...
, commissioned 14 June 1941.