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'''U.S.S. ''Ajax''''' was a [[collier]] purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898. | '''U.S.S. ''Ajax''''' was a [[collier]] purchased by the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1898. | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 14 January 2015
U.S.S. Ajax (1890) | |
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Hull Number: | AC-14 |
Builder: | D. & W. Henderson[1] |
Purchased: | 12 May, 1898[2] |
Launched: | 13 Jun, 1890[3] |
Commissioned: | 21 May, 1898[4] |
Decommissioned: | 8 Jul, 1925 |
Stricken: | 8 Jul, 1925 |
Sold: | 14 Aug, 1925 |
U.S.S. Ajax was a collier purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898.
Construction
Launched at Glasgow by D. & W. Henderson on 13 June, 1890 and named Scindia.[5]
Service
Commissioned under the name Scindia on 21 May, 1898.[6]
Renamed Ajax on 1 January, 1900.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Commander Eugene W. Watson, 30 April, 1898[7]
- Lieutenant Joseph W. Bettens, 3 August, 1920[8]
Armament
1898
- two 3-inch
- two 6-pounders
1918
- four 6-pounders
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 66-67.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 132.
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
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