Talk:USS Ajax (AR-6)

Marlinespike
Parts of the USS Ajax live on in the seamanship trainer at RTC Great Lakes "USS Marlinespike" such as the ship's wheel, engine order telegraph, binnacle, captains chair, alarm switches, doors, hatches, scuttles,racks, lockers, etc. This can be confirmed by the fact that all parts of the marlinespike taken from ships bear a placard with the originating ship's name. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.183.161.117 (talk) 14:56, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Death of divers?
The part of the article related to service at Bikini during the 1946 atomic tests asserts that nine Navy divers died after diving on contaminated target vessels after blast Baker. Curiously enough, there is no mention of these deaths in the Wiki article on Operation Crossroads, the entries in question are in rather poor English, and there is no reference given. I move that this informeation be considered questionable and be checked. Death Bredon (talk) 12:38, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Dead in the water
On board my ship our last cruise, The Ajax often found itself dead in the water. More times than not, we were on water hours. Timed showers. We arrived in the Philippines had Admirals on board because our ship was so broken couldn't go anywhere. Some say that it was crew vandalism. Maybe. Overstayed in Philippines.Those in the 'Hole' not upset. The same cruise we had a difficulty in Singapore, resulting in overstaying. An interesting note. This last cruise in my opinion, was the last time a ship stayed out to see as long as we did. Another fun fact, during this cruise, we were able to see Hailey Comet. We also mourned the death of Chief Fuller who drowned in Guam. He was buried at sea. The time spent anchored in Indian Ocean often interesting because the whales would hang out as we removed wet garbage. 67.60.248.243 (talk) 17:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)