U.S.S. Dixie (1892)

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U.S.S. Dixie (1892)
Hull Number: AD-1
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1]
Purchased: 15 Apr, 1898[2]
Launched: 6 Oct, 1892[3]
Commissioned: 19 Apr, 1898[4]
Decommissioned: 30 Jun, 1922[5]
Sold: 25 Sep, 1922[6]
Fate: Broken up
U.S.S. Dixie was one of five Prairie Class auxiliary cruisers acquired and converted for use by the U.S. Navy.

Service

Dixie was converted to a cruiser and commissioned 19 April, 1898 under the command of Commander Charles H. Davis, Jr..

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 168.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
  7. List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
  8. Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
  9. Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
  10. Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
  11. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
  12. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  13. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
  14. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  15. Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
  16. Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
  17. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
  18. Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
  19. Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
  20. Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
  21. Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 18-19.

Bibliography


Prairie Class Auxiliary Cruiser
Prairie Yankee Yosemite Dixie Buffalo