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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Ajax_(AR-6)_off_San_Diego.jpg) USS Ajax (AR-6)
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ajax |
| Namesake | Ajax |
| Builder | Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down | 7 May 1941 |
| Launched | 22 August 1942 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 December 1986 |
| Stricken | 16 May 1989 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 23 May 1997 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Vulcan-class repair ship |
| Displacement | 16,200 long tons (16,460 t) full load |
| Length | 529 ft 5 in (161.37 m) |
| Beam | 73 ft 4 in (22.35 m) |
| Draft | 23 ft 4 in (7.11 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 boilers, 2 steam turbines, 2 propeller shafts, 11,000 shp (8.2 MW) |
| Speed | 19.2 knots (35.6 km/h; 22.1 mph) |
| Complement | 1,000 officers and enlisted |
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USS Ajax (AR-6), in service 1943 to 1986, was the second Vulcan-class repair ship and the fourth ship in the United States Navy to bear the name. Laid down in 1941, launched in 1942 and commissioned in 1943, she was decommissioned in 1986 and finally sold for scrap. Ajax received four battle stars for Korean War service and five campaign stars for service in Vietnam.