 The ship was laid up at the Cavite Navy Yard from 20 April-17 October 1921 and then became the receiving ship there for the 16th Naval District and was redesignated AC-14.During this period, she served briefly in 1923 as tender to the submarines of Submarine Division 18 (SubDiv 18), Asiatic Fleet, and was based at Chefoo, China.After resuming her role as receiving ship at Cavite in September 1923, "Ajax" became the tender for the planes of the Asiatic Fleet aircraft squadrons in February 1924.