claim: The Danish language has speakers in Canada.
evidence: Originally named USS Manayunk , after a town in Pennsylvania , USS Ajax was a single-turreted built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War .. town. Manayunk, Philadelphia. Union Navy. Union Navy. American Civil War. American Civil War. Completed after the end of the war , Ajax was laid up until 1871 , although she received her new name in 1869 .. laid up. Reserve fleet. The ship was briefly activated in 1871 before a much longer commission began in 1874 -- 75 .. commission. Ship commissioning. She was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron during this time .. North Atlantic Squadron. North Atlantic Squadron. Ajax was again placed in reserve in 1891 .. The ship was on militia duty when the Spanish -- American War began and she was recommissioned in 1898 to defend Baltimore , Maryland , although she was decommissioned later in the year before the necessary refit could be completed .. militia duty. state militia. Ajax was sold for scrap in 1899 .. scrap. ship breaking