Adolph E. Borie to be given American names. His successor, George M. Robeson, had most of these ships reverted to their original names a few months later. Ironically, Borie was a Philadelphian associated with the town of Manayunk (now a Philadelphia neighborhood), and one of the vessels that was never given back its original name was USS "Manayunk", which permanently kept its new name of USS "Ajax", renamed by Borie on June 15, 1869, ten days before his resignation. Ajax was a mythological Greek hero, the son of King Telamon and Periboea. On May 29, 1869 Borie enforced full pay and the eight
Nicholas Salamis unskilled, with little or no knowledge of either official language of Canada. They fled to Canada to escape the horrors that had plagued Greece for the better part of the century: war, oppression, and economic collapse. Salamis not only administered to their spiritual needs with baptisms, weddings, and funerals, he also eased the frictions which developed between the established Greek community and the new immigrants, who were referred to as "displaced persons" (see Greek Diaspora). By his own count, Salamis performed over 10,000 religious ceremonies during his service to the Greek Orthodox community of Canada. Salamis became the rock of