The second USS Dixie (AD-14) was the first of destroyer tenders class built for the United States Navy just before the start of the Second World War. Her objective was to assist destroyers within the vicinities of areas of engagement and to maintain them service-worthy.

2018年10月15日 · The USS DIXIE (AD-14), a Dixie class destroyer tender, was commissioned on 25 APR 1940. USS DIXIE served her country for 42 years, 1 month and 21 days, until decommissioned on 15 JUN 1982. In the ship yard undergoing maintenance when WW II started, DIXIE advanced westward across the Pacific as the United States fought the Japanese.

The first USS Dixie (later AD-1) was a United States Navy auxiliary cruiser and later a destroyer tender. The Dixie was the first ship of the United States Navy to have this name. She was built as the steam brig El Rio in 1893 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line. [1]

USS Dixie (AD-14) BMC Reid supervising Second Division sailors as they use the starboard crane to hoist a destroyer propeller on board at Sasebo, Japan, circa July to September 1950.

USS DIXIE was the lead ship of a class of five destroyer tenders and the second ship in the Navy to bear the name. Both decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on June 15, 1982, the DIXIE spent the following months laid-up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at …

The second Dixie (AD-14) was launched 27 May 1939 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.; sponsored by Mrs. A. C. Pickens; and commissioned 25 April 1940, Lieutenant Commander G. H. Bahm in...

2017年10月27日 · The USS Dixie (AD-14) was a Destroyer Tender. The ship was the second one of its class. Its main activities were focused on providing support to other warships. The USS Dixie was awarded 5 battle stars for its service during the Korean War.

In 1981, she was the first ship to be awarded the First Navy Jack as the ship with the longest active service in the Navy. Dixie was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 June 1982. She was sold for scrap 17 February 1983 and scrapped at the now-defunct Ship breaking yard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

2001年9月19日 · Description, history, and photograph (s) of Destroyer Tender USS Dixie (AD-14) in WWII

USS Dixie (AD-14) on 20 May 1940. Gun mounts 52 and 53 never received shields. Click on this photograph for links to larger images of this class. Class: DIXIE (AD-14) Design: Navy AD-14 Displacement (tons): 9,201 light, 18,000 lim. Dimensions (feet): 530.5' oa, 520.0' pp x 73.3' e x 25.5' lim. Original Armament: 4-5"/38 (AD 14-15)