U.S.S. Ajax (1864)

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U.S.S. Ajax (1864)
Builder: Snowden & Mason[1]
Ordered: 15 Sep, 1862[2]
Laid down: late 1862
Launched: 18 Dec, 1864[3]
Completed: 27 Sep, 1865[4]
Commissioned: 1 Jan, 1871[5]
Decommissioned: 1 Sep, 1898[6]
Stricken: 8 Jul, 1899[7]
Sold: 10 Oct, 1899[8]
Fate: Broken up
U.S.S. Ajax was one of six Canonicus class monitors completed for the U.S. Navy.

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Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 122.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 122.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 122.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 122.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 122.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 1.
  9. Register of Officers, 1882. p. 12.
  10. Register of Officers, 1891. p. 8.
  11. Records of Living Officers (6th ed). p. 122.

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Canonicus Class Monitor
  Canonicus Saugus Mahopac  
  Ajax Manhattan Wyandotte  
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