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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
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Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
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Current/Last Primary NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
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Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate
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Primary Unit
1996-1998, EM-0000, USS Merrimack (AO-179)
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Previously Held NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
9508-Recruit/Assistant Recruit Company Commander/Recruit Instructor
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Service Years
1978 - 1998
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Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Decommissioning
Order of the Rock
Plank Owner
Suez Canal
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From Month/Year - / 1982
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Unit USS Ajax (AR-6) Unit Page
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Rank Petty Officer Second Class |
NEC EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
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Base, Station or City Not Specified | State/Country Not Specified |
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USS Ajax (AR-6)
Vulcan Class Repair Ship:
- Laid down, 7 May 1941, at Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp. San Pedro, CA.
- Launched, 22 August 1942
- Commissioned USS Ajax (AR-6), 3 October 1943, CDR. John L. Brown in command
- During World War II USS Ajax was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
- Following World War II USS Ajax was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 25 September to 27 November 1945
- During the Korean War USS Ajax participated in the following campaigns:
Korean War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates |
Campaign and Dates |
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
20 to 22 August 1951
15 to 16 November 1951 |
Korea Defense Summer-Fall 1952
11 to 13 November 1952 |
Second Korean Winter
3 to 4 April 1952 |
Third Korean Winter
16 to 18 December 1952
12 to 13 March 1953 |
- During the Vietnam War USS Ajax participated in the following campaigns:
Vietnam War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates |
Campaign and Dates |
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase IV
8 to 23 June 1968 |
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
1 to 11 May 1970 |
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
26 September to 11 October 1969 |
Consolidation I
25 August to 23 September 1971
29 October to 21 November 1971 |
Vietnam Winter-Spring 1970
18 to 30 April 1970 |
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- Decommissioned, 31 December 1986, at San Diego, CA.
- Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
- Struck from the Naval Register, 16 May 1989
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Type
Surface Vessel
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Parent Unit
Vulcan-class
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Strength
Tender/ Repair Ship
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Created/Owned By
DP Chief Administrator, TWS, DP1 2811
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Last Updated: Apr 23, 2007 |
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