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Collier Scindia
AC-14 Ajax / AG-15 Ajax

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Spanish Campaign Medal - Philippines Campaign Medal - World War I Victory Medal
Scindia Class Collier:
  • Built in 1890 by D & W Henderson and Co., Glasgow, Scotland
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 12 May 1898
  • Commissioned, USS Scindia, 21 May 1898, Cmdr. Eugene W. Watson in command
  • Decommissioned, 27 May 1899, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Recommissioned, 23 December 1899, at Mare Island
  • Renamed USS Ajax, 1 January 1901
  • Decommissioned, 20 July 1909
  • Recommissioned, 1 May 1910
  • Designated AC-14, 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 20 April 1921
  • Recommissioned, 18 October 1921
  • Reclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-15, 1 July 1924
  • Decommissioned, 8 July 1925, at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 14 August 1925, to S.R. Paterno, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,250 t.
    Length 387' 6"
    Beam 46' 6"
    Draft 24' 8" (mean)
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 101
    Armament four 6-pdrs
    Propulsion coal fired boilers, steam turbine. single shaft
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    USS Scindia
    Ajax 78k Scindia moored in the stream off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., circa 1899.
    US Navy photo # NH 69851 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1969.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 70k Scindia off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., with the tug Unadilla alongside, circa 1899.
    US Navy photo # NH 71734 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 83k Scindia and Solace (1898-1930), [with white hull,] at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., circa 1899. Ranger (1873-1940) is moored in mid-channel, at the far left.
    US Navy photo # NH 71719 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy San Francisco Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Ajax (Collier No. 14)
    Ajax 63k Ajax in port, circa early 1900s. The stripped hull of a smaller steamer is alongside her.
    US Navy photo # NH 61904 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 78k Ajax at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., October 1901.
    US Navy photo # NH 75647 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 79k Ajax anchored in the Hudson River, off New York City, circa 1911.
    US Army Signal Corps. photo # 111-SC-5354, now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 101k Ajax in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, with submarines B-2 (Submarine No. 11) and B-3 (Submarine No. 12) on board, after transporting them from Norfolk, VA. Photographed in late April or early May 1913, before the submarines were launched from her deck.
    US Navy photo # NH 90172, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 80k Ajax in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, with B-2 (Submarine # 11) -- to starboard -- and B-3 (Submarine # 12) -- to port -- on her foredeck, circa 12 May 1913. She had transported both submarines to Manila from Norfolk, VA.
    US Navy photo # NH 98924, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 90k Ajax in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, preparing to launch B-2 (Submarine # 11) from her deck, circa 12 May 1913.
    US Navy photo # NH 98923, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 85k Ajax launching B-2 (Submarine # 11) from her deck, in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, on 12 May 1913.
    US Navy photo # NH 98173, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 89k Ajax with B-2 (Submarine # 11) floating nearby in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, just after the submarine was launched from her foredeck, circa 12 May 1913.
    US Navy photo # NH 98925, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 81k Ajax with B-2 (Submarine # 11) and B-3 (Submarine # 12) floating nearby in Manila Bay, Philippine Islands, on 12 May 1913, just after they were launched from her deck. Ajax had transported both submarines to Manila from Norfolk, VA.
    US Navy photo # NH 90179, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Phillip H. Wilson collection, donated by Mrs. Pauline M. Wilson, 1979.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 61k Ajax at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 22 February 1915. She is dressed with flags in honor of George Washington's birthday. The masts of Pompey (1898-1922) are visible behind Ajax.
    US Navy photo # NH 88563, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy C.A. Shively, collection, 1978.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Ajax 71k Ajax dressed with flags in honor of George Washington's birthday, at Olongapo Naval Station, Philippine Islands, 22 February 1915.
    US Navy photo # NH 88564, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy C.A. Shively, collection, 1978.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Ajax (AG-15)
    Ajax 98k Ajax (AG-15) off Shanghai, China, circa 1924, while serving as an aircraft tender. A Douglas DT torpedo plane (marked "20-T-1") is on her deck.
    US Navy photo # NH 76073, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy Donald M. McPherson, 1972.    		 US Naval Historical Center
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