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USS Dixie (AD-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Echo - Golf - Sierra NEGS

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Second Row - Navy Expeditionary Medal (2 Iran/Indian Ocean) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Defense Service Medal
Third Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Fourth Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2) - Korean Service Medal (5)
Fifth Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Vietnam) - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Typhoon Pamela) - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Sixth Row - Philippines Liberation Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

Dixie Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down as the lead ship of the Dixie Class Destroyer Tenders, 17 March 1938, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Launched, 27 May 1939

Commissioned USS Dixie (AD-14), 25 April 1940, LCDR. G. H. Bahm in command

During World War II USS Dixie (AD-14) was assigned to both the American Theater and Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II USS Dixie (AD-14) was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 to 20 September 1945	21 September to 10 December 1945
29 May to 21 June 1949	23 March to 14 September 1947
	8 March to 25 May 1949
	26 June to 1 July 1949
	13 August to 11 September 1949

USS Dixie (AD-14) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Group 8 (flagship - Captain G.H. Lyttle, USN in command) - Task Unit 1.8.1 - Service Group - Repair and Service Unit for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

During the Korean War USS Dixie participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates 1951-52	Campaigns and Dates 1953
Korean War Campaigns
First UN Counter Offensive 30 January to 3 February 1951	Third Korean Winter 11 to 13 April 1953
Second Korean Winter 25 to 27 February 1952 24 to 27 March 1952	Korea, Summer-Fall 1953 30 to 31 May 1953
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 2 to 5 May 1952 25 to 26 June 1952 7 to 8 July 1952 20 to 23 March 1953

Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1982

USS Dixie earned five battle stars for Korean War service

Transferred to the Maritime Administration for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA., 14 October 1982

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 29 March 1983, to Kurz Marine Inc. under Ship Exchange Contract MA-11223 dated 17 February 1983. Resold to C.W. Enterprises & Investment Inc. for scrapping under contract MA-11224 dated 17 February 1983. Withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 29 March 1983

Specifications:
Displacement 18,000 t. (lim)
Length 530' 6"
Beam 73' 4"
Draft 24' 6"
Speed 19.6 kts. (trial)

Complement

officer 56

enlisted 1,206

Armament

four 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts

four twin 40mm AA gun mounts

Largest boom capacity 20 t.

Fuel Capacity

NSFO 24,555 Bbls.

Diesel 2,705 Bbls.

Propulsion

two New York Shipbuilding Parsons-design steam turbines

four Babcock & Wilcox "A" (three drum expansion type) boilers 403psi 720°.

double De Laval Main Reduction Gear

four turbo-drive 750Kw 450V A. C. Ship's Service Generators

two propellers, 11,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source / Contributed By
09031449	106k	*Namesake* Dixie is a nickname for all or part of the Southern United States that garnered popularity in the years during and after the American Civil War. While there is no official definition of this region or the extent of the area it covers, most definitions include the U.S. states below the Mason–Dixon line that seceded and comprised the Confederate States of America. The states in dark red are almost always included in modern day definitions of the Southern United States, while those in medium red are usually included. Those shaded light red are sometimes included due to their historic connections to the South. (Wikipedia/Vox)	Tommy Trampp
	90k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** on her trials at 9kts on the range off Rockland, Maine, 27 March 1940. Gun mounts 52 and 53 lack shields or any other protection. US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-21787, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	97k	Broadside view of *USS Dixie* (AD-14)** near the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 20 May 1940. US Navy photo.	Robert Hurst
	34k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14), with USS Long (DD-209) alongside, circa 1940. Of special note are the gun mounts on Long*, she was one of only two "flush deckers" to be armed with twin 4" weapons. US Navy photo # NH 89401* from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command.	USNH&HC
	414k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** at anchor, circa 1945-1946, location unknown. US Navy photo.	David Buell
	78k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** at anchor circa 1942 in Measure 22 camouflage. All four 5"/38 gun mounts have had splinter protection tubs added around them. The splinter protection tubs around gun mounts 51 and 54 were removed circa 1943 but retained around the open mounts. US National Archives RG-19-LCM photo # 19-N-21759, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	109k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) with USS Harmon (DE-678) and another Destroyer Escort in-board of Harmon, at Hawthorne Sound, New Georgia, May 1944. Note Dixie** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design 3Ax. US National Archives photo # 80-G-238416, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	US Naval Historical Center
	205k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at anchor in Leyte, circa April-May 1945. Note the ship's jack is at half staff, dating the photo to the period of mourning for the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on 12 April 1945.. Dixie** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design. US Navy photo	Darryl Baker
	233k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at anchor with a nest of destroyers alongside at Leyte, circa April-May 1945. The destroyers are from left to right: USS Compton (DD-705), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), USS English (DD-696) USS John W. Weeks (DD-701), and USS Borie (DD-704). Note Dixie** is painted Camouflage Measure 32, Design. US Navy photo	Darryl Baker
	90k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** taking wound/injured sailor aboard, date and location unknown. wire photo.	Tommy Trampp
	386k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) moored pierside at Tsingtao, China, in August 1947 with USS Duncan (DD-874)** alongside..	Steve Franklin
	237k		Steve Franklin
	145k	*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. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, September 1950	Photo supplied by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret. Caption information supplied by Dick Marlin BMSN USS Dixie 1948-1951, Second Div.
	76k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at Sasebo, Japan with USS John A. Bole (DD 755), USS Buck (DD 761), USS John W. Thomason (DD 760), and USS Lofberg (DD 759)** moored to port, circa 1953.	Wayne Schafer
09031450 80-G-1013561	455k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) in her mooring at San Diego, CA., in March 1957, with the following destroyer escorts alongside (l-r): USS Naifeh (DE-352), and the Peruvian ships: BAP Rodriguez (D-3), Ex-USS Weaver (DE-741); BAP Aguirre (D-2), Ex- USS Waterman (DE-740); and BAP Castilla (D-1), Ex- USS Bangust (DE-739). Naifeh moored alongside Dixie on 23 March and was joined by the Peruvian escorts on 25 March. The Peruvian units departed from Dixie on 29 March, followed by Naifeh** on Saturday, 30 March. U.S. National Archives Photos 80-G-1013561 and 80-G-1013561 now in the collections of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command..	rowspan="2"Robert Hurst
09031451 80-G-1013562	348k
	89k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at San Diego, CA. with Destroyer Squadron Eleven alongside. Identifiable ships present and moored on Dixie's port side include; USS Wiltsie (DD-716), USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD-717) and USS Chevalier (DD-805)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine August 1960.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
09031446	163k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** inbound from sea passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, CA., date unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
09031448	38k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. U.S. Navy photo from DANFS	Tommy Trampp
	104k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** departing Mare Island Naval Shipyard after overhaul, 15 June 1961. She was steaming back to her homeport at San Diego. Note gun mount 52 still lacks a shield and retains its wartime protective tub. The after 5"/38 mounts have been removed and replaced by helicopter facilities. US Navy photo # USN 1056334, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	102k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at San Diego, CA. with a nest of six destroyers moored port side to. Ships present (inboard to outboard): USS Gregory (DD-802),** USS Stoddard (DD-566), USS Isherwood (DD-520), USS Mullany (DD-528), USS Hanson (DD-832) and *USS Taussig* (DD-746)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine March 1963.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	41k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Louis Drinovsky
	53k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** underway off Point Loma while exiting San Diego Bay, date unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	85k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 28 February 1966	© Richard Leonhardt
	92k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 28 February 1966. USS Finch (DER-328) alongside, inboard, to port, with USS Stickell (DD-888)** outboard, port side.	© Richard Leonhardt
	56k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** at Subic Bay with two destroyers and a yard oiler alongside, date unknown.	Photo by Larry Backus USS Bausell
	105k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at anchor, circa 1966, with USS Cook (APD-130)** alongside, location unknown, courtesy Cruisebook Store.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
	357k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) at anchor location unknown in WestPac, circa Fall 1968 with destroyers USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Taylor (DD-468) and USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709)** alongside.	Mike Smolinski
	84k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) with a nest of six destroyers moored starboard side to, date and location unknown. Ships present (inboard to outboard): USS Uhlmann (DD-687),** USS Walker (DD-517), USS Taylor (DD-468), USS Boyd (DD-544), USS Bausell (DD-845) and *USS Richard B. Anderson* (DD-786)**. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine August 1970.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	48k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** moored pierside, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	258k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** under way, date and location unknown.	Mike Smolinski
	125k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** under way off the southern California coast, 1 April 1976. US Navy photo # USN 1167091.	Robert Hurst
	350k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** under way off the southern California coast, 1 April 1976. US Navy photos.	Mike Smolinski and Fred Weiss
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	83k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** transiting the Panama Canal	David McCormick
	78k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) moored to a buoy at Diego Garcia, in 1980 with USS Cook (FF-1083) to starboard and probably USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) to port. Dixie's crew was changing out one of Cook**'s screws. A job really done by a tender while deployed. US Navy photo	Courtesy Gordon Bennett HTC (SW) USN Ret.
	123k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** underway during her WestPac deployment, circa 1980, location unknown	Tommy Trampp
09031447	603k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** underway, date and location unknown.	Nicholas Tiberio
	328k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** at San Diego returning from a WESTPAC cruise. 12 June 1980. US Navy photo # K128615 by PH2 Felimon Barbante.	Ed Zajkowski
	124k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** under way, date and location unknown	Tommy Trampp
09031445	74k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) anchored at Diego Garcia, circa 1981, with with the guided missile frigate USS Brooke (FFG-1)** and two submarines alongside, circa 1981. US Navy photo from the USS Dixie (AD-14) 1981-1982 cruisebook	Robert Hurst
	88k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14) docked at Sydney, Australia, circa January 1982. The guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart (D 39) is aft of Dixie*. US Navy photo from the USS Dixie (AD-14) 1981-1982 cruisebook*	Robert Hurst
	100k	*USS Dixie* (AD-14)** plaque	Tommy Trampp

For more photos and information about USS Dixie, see:
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
MARAD Vessel History Database

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Bahm, George Henry, USN (USNA 1921-A) :RADM	25 April 1940 - 13 May 1940
02	CAPT. Moyer, John Gould, USN (USNA-1914) :RADM	13 May 1940 - 1 April 1942
03	CAPT. Bahm, George Henry, USN (USNA 1921-A) :RADM	1 April 1942 - 15 April 1942
04	CAPT. McCown, Henry Young, USN (USNA 1918)	15 April 1942 - 17 July 1942
05	CAPT. Bahm, George Henry, USN (USNA 1921-A) :RADM	17 July 1942 - 28 March 1943
06	CAPT. Hilenkoetter, Rosco Henry, USN (USNA 1919) :VADM	28 March 1943 - 1 February 1944
07	CAPT. Lyttle, George Hetherington, USN (USNA 1921-A)	1 February 1944 - 25 June 1945
08	CAPT. Hutson, Albert Lockett, USN (USNA 1918)	25 June 1945 - 15 May 1946
09	CAPT. Goodnough, John Clark, USN (USNA 1923)	15 May 1946 - 24 June 1947
10	CAPT. Jensen, Clyde Marcus, USN (USNA 1925)	24 June 1947 - 9 July 1948
11	CAPT. Carrington, James Herbert, USN (USNA 1925) :RADM	9 July 1948 - 4 June 1949
12	CAPT. Fuqua, Samuel Glenn, USN (USNA 1923 :RADM	4 June 1949 - 1 July 1950
13	CAPT. Cabanillas, Jose Manuel, USN (USNA 1924) :RADM	1 July 1950 - 28 September 1950
14	CAPT. Hamley, Joseph Ronald, USN (USNA 1927)	28 September 1950 - 29 September 1951
15	CAPT. Ehle, Arthur Kendrick, USN (USNA 1927)	29 September 1951 - 18 August 1952
16	CAPT. Sanders, Jr., William Henry, USN (USNA 1930) :RADM	18 August 1952 - 16 July 1953
17	CAPT. Eves, Edward Thomas, USN (USNA 1928) :RADM	16 July 1953 - 10 June 1954
18	CAPT. Harmon, William Lockhart, USN (USNA 1930)	10 June 1954 - 22 October 1955
19	CAPT. Straub, Charles Teddy, USN (USNA 1931)	22 October 1955 - 6 September 1956
20	CAPT. Dennet, Mark Edwin, USN	6 September 1956 - 15 April 1958
21	CAPT. Lowther, Robert Dickson, USN	15 April 1958 - 9 October 1959
22	CAPT. Bland, III, John Thomas, USN (USNA 1938)	9 October 1959 - 17 October 1960
23	CAPT. Rogers, William Kittridge, USN (USNA 1938)	17 October 1960 - 12 August 1961
24	CAPT. Smith Jr., Bryan Hooker, USN	12 August 1961 - 8 July 1962
25	CAPT. Fisher, Neil Hartman, USN (USNA 1940)	8 July 1962 - 8 June 1963
26	CAPT. Parris, Arthur, USN	8 June 1963 - 27 June 1964
27	CAPT. Sumrall, Elton Levi, USN	27 June 1964 - 1 October 1965
28	CAPT. Coleman, William John, USN	1 October 1965 - 4 November 1966
29	CAPT. Wilder, Lawrence Arthur, USN (USNA 1945)	4 November 1966 - 21 June 1968
30	CAPT. Renn, John Edward, USN (USNA 1946)	21 June 1968 - 12 September 1969
31	CAPT. Dallmann, Paul Hermann, USN	12 September 1969 - 3 September 1971
32	CAPT. Evans, Jack Edward, USN	3 September 1971 - 8 August 1973
33	CAPT. Maxwell, Daryl Orville, USN	8 August 1973 - 23 July 1975
34	CAPT. Fenn, Dan Edward, USN	23 July 1975 - 24 January 1978
35	CAPT. Roth, Charles Warren, USN	24 January 1978 - 1 September 1979
36	CAPT. Ward, Compton Eugene, USN (USNA 1936)	1 September 1979 - 14 July 1980
37	CAPT. Kelly Jr., James Francis, USN	14 July 1980 - 7 August 1980
38	CAPT. Coffey, Roger Lee, USN (USNA 1955)	7 August 1980 - 15 June 1982


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