USS Vulcan

USS Vulcan

USS "Vulcan" is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

* USS Vulcan (1884), a schooner commissioned on 31 May 1898.

* USS Vulcan (AC-5), a collier commissioned 2 October 1909.

* USS Vulcan (AR-5), commissioned 14 June 1941.

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