U.S.S. Dixie (1892)

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U.S.S. Dixie (1892)
Hull Number: AD-1
Builder: Newport News[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.

Bibliography


Prairie Class Auxiliary Cruiser
Prairie Yankee Yosemite Dixie Buffalo
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