USS Vulcan (AC-5)

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USS Vulcan (Collier No. 5), the second United States Navy ship named.

The ship's keel was laid on October 5, 1908 at Sparrows Point (Maryland) in the Maryland Steel Co. She was commissioned on 15 May 1909. He entered service on 2 October 1909 at the Norfolk Navy Yard.

For the next two years, Vulcan operated from the Norfolk port providing coal and supplies to Atlantic Fleet vessels in support of their operations along the east coast of the United States and in the West Indies. He was placed out of service at the Portsmouth Navy Yard on May 4, 1912. The ship remained inactive until returning to service on February 25, 1914.

He resumed his North Atlantic Fleet operations at Portsmouth (New Haven) to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and from Melville (Rhode Island) to Vera Cruz, Mexico. In addition to carrying coal, he also transported supplies and military supplies to the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser Squadron.

During World War I, "Vulcan" served in the Fleet Train providing coal to ships. After the fighting was interrupted she was transferred to Naval Overseas Transportation Service on 2 January 1919 and served in this organization for return to the Fleet on 23 June.

Following routine operations for the remainder of 1919 and the entire 1920s, the ship sailed for European waters on February 12, 1912 to serve a service mission to support US ships stabilizing during postwar problems. Arrived in Cherbourg, France on February 28, he landed passengers and supplied the Chattanooga (PG-30) charcoal before sailing to Malta to deliver coal to the cruiser USS Pittsburgh (CA-4) on March 21. "Vulcan" sailed to the Adriatic and reached Pola in Italy on March 26. He arrived five days later, arrived in Naples on 3 April, but soon went to Gibraltar to unload cargo and passengers.

After returning to New York on 30 April, Vulcan was withdrawn from Norfolk Navy Yard service on 20 July. He stayed for nearly two years in reserve. It was deleted from the fleet list on April 26, 1923. Sold on December 12, 1923 to N. Block and Co. from Norfolk. Bibliography

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