Scindia (later Ajax) (AC-14): Photographs
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USS Scindia (1898-1925) In the stream off the Mare Island Navy Yard circa 1899. Photo No. NH 69851 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Scindia (1898-1925) Photographed circa 1898-1900. Her smokestack lacks the usual Navy light band. Photo No. 17-21-15 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 1. |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) At the Norfolk Navy Yard in October 1901. Her bow bears the marking "United States Navy - Collier," indicating that she was part of the Navy's Collier Service, established in 1898. Photo No. 19-N-14248, originally 17-21-8 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 1. |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) At the Norfolk Navy Yard in October 1901. Photo No. NH 75647 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) Probably photographed in the Hudson River in October 1911 during that year's Presidential Naval Review. Her bow bears the markings Auxiliary - U.S. Navy - Ajax," showing that she was now part of the Naval Auxiliary Service, established in 1905. Photo No. 111-SC-5354 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command (Army Signal Corps photo). |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) In Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, with submarines B-2 and B-3 on board, after transporting them from Norfolk, Virginia. Photographed in late April or early May 1913, before the submarines were launched from her deck. Photo No. NH 90172 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) Dressed with flags at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915. The much smaller USS Pompey (see AF-5) is moored outboard. Photo No. NH 88564 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Ajax (1898-1925) Dressed with flags at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, on Washington's Birthday, 22 February 1915. The much smaller USS Pompey (see AF-5) is moored outboard. Photo No. NH 88563 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Ajax (AC-14 or AG-15) Off Shanghai, China, circa mid-1924 while serving as an aircraft tender. She was reclassified from AC-14 to AG-15 while on this deployment. Note the original owner's uncomplementary inscription, which reflected the age and poor condition of the ship. The ship has a Douglas DT torpedo plane on deck between the smokestack and mainmast. The other position for servicing planes was in the well before the bridge. Photo No. NH 76073 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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