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USS Dixie, a 6114-ton auxiliary cruiser, was built at as the merchant steamer El Rio at Newport News, Virginia, in 1893. Purchased by the Navy in April 1898, she was converted to an auxiliary cruiser and operated off Cuba and elsewhere in the West Indies during the Spanish-American War. Retained after the war, she was used as a transport and as a training ship until 1909, when she became one of the Navy's first tenders for torpedo craft and destroyers.
Dixie served as a tender, and occasionally as a transport, into the early 1920s. During World War I, she was stationed in Irish ports, providing support to U.S. Navy destroyers based there. Designated AD-1 in July 1920, Dixie was decommissioned in June 1922 and sold the following September.
This page features views related to USS Detroit that have been cross-referenced from Spanish-American War coverage.
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Photo #: NH 67435 USS Dixie (1898-1922) Photographed during the Spanish-American War, 1898. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 32,388 bytes; 740 x 540 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 67447 USS Dixie (1898-1922) Crewmen swabbing the forward spar deck, during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Ensign Peter T. Coyle is on the bridge, overlooking the scene. Note ship's bell at right. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73,982 bytes; 590 x 630 |
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Photo #: NH 67455 USS Dixie (1898-1922) Crewmen cleaning a 6-inch gun, during the Spanish-American War, 1898. View looks aft from near the bow, on the port side. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 62,678 bytes; 590 x 610 pixels |
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