USS Ajax, originally named USS Manayunk after a town in Pennsylvania, was a single-turreted Canonicus-class monitor built for the Union Navy during the...

have been named Ajax, after Ajax, a Greek hero during the Trojan War. USS Ajax (1869), launched in 1864 as USS Manayunk, renamed Ajax in 1869. Decommissioned...

serve in that action. She was later pulled out of reserve and renamed USS Ajax (1864) by the prominent Philadelphian Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie...

Ajax was a wooden, propeller-driven steamship built in 1864. She provided logistical support to the Union Army on the Atlantic coast during the American...

USS Manayunk may refer to: USS Manayunk (1864), was renamed Ajax 15 June 1869 USS Manayunk (AN-81), was launched 30 March 1945 This article includes a...

the Pacific Coast afterward. SS Ajax – One of four steamships HMS Ajax – One of eight vessels of the Royal Navy USS Ajax – One of four vessels of the United...

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The first USS Tuscarora was a Mohican-class sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Tuscarora was laid down on 27 June 1861...

where she remained until 1864 when she was decommissioned and broken up. Captain John McNeil Boyd R.N. was master of the Ajax while she was in Dún Laoghaire...

fire the boilers. Ajax was called in rescue service after the sinking of United States Navy O-class submarine USS O-5 (SS-66). USS O-5 sank bow first...

USS Choctaw was a large (1,004-ton) steamer built for the merchant service, but acquired by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil...

(SS-60/SF-2) USS AA-3 (SS-61/SF-3) USS A. C. Powell (1861) USS A. Childs (1865) USS A. Collier (1864) USS A. D. Vance (1862) USS A. DeGroat (1863) USS A. G....

USS Alligator, the fourth United States Navy ship of that name, is the first known U.S. Navy submarine, and was active during the American Civil War (the...

The USS Queen of the West was a sidewheel steamer ram ship and the flagship of the United States Ram Fleet and the Mississippi Marine Brigade. It was...

distance. The ship retained her name and was commissioned again on 2 February 1864, rearmed with a pair of 8-inch (203 mm), 150-pound Parrott rifles in the...

The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War. Sent to the...

USS Mississippi, a paddle frigate, was the first ship of the United States Navy to bear that name. She was named for the Mississippi River. Her sister...

The first USS Severn was a wooden screw sloop of war in commission in the United States Navy from 1869 to 1871. She was named for Severn River in Maryland...

USS Sumpter was a steamship in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Sumpter or Sumter, ex-Atlanta, ex-Parker Vein, was built in 1853...

independent commanders would lead to discord and confusion. In the 30th of April 1864 She was dispatched past the Union blockade to Cuba, loaded with a cargo of...

The first USS Hatteras was a 1,126-ton iron-hulled steamer purchased by the Union Navy at the beginning of the American Civil War. She was outfitted as...

USS Westfield was a sidewheel steam ferryboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. Westfield was purchased by the Navy from Cornelius...

The first USS Weehawken was a Passaic-class ironclad monitor in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after Weehawken, New...

other warships followed, which had also pursued Chesapeake: USS Acacia, USS Cornubia, and USS Niagara. News of the capture and the fact that Maritimers...

November 1873 to May 1874, Miller served as commanding officer of the monitor USS Ajax. From June 1874 to August 1875, he was again an assistant hydrographer...

against an enemy target on the night of 17 February 1864. The target was United States Navy ship, USS Housatonic, a 1,240-long-ton (1,260 t) wooden-hulled...

After she ran fast aground on the Ogeechee River, Georgia, the monitor USS Montauk destroyed her with shell fire from 11-inch (279-mm) and 15-inch (381-mm)...

USS Keokuk was an experimental ironclad screw steamer of the United States Navy named for the city of Keokuk, Iowa. She was laid down in New York City...

USS Sciota was a Unadilla-class gunboat built on behalf of the United States Navy for service during the Civil War. She was outfitted as a gunboat, with...

HMS Malacca 30 Oct: HMS Prince Consort 15 Nov: USS Camanche 3 Dec: HMS Ajax 7 Dec: Chesapeake 8 Dec: Great Britain Unkn: J. M. Chapman ← 1862 1864 →...