DIXIE AD 1

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Dixie Class Destroyer Tender
Keel Laid 1893 as Screw Steamer "EL RIO"
Purchased by U.S. Navy 15 April 1898
Converted to Auxiliary Cruiser


1. USS DIXIE Auxiliary Cruiser
Commissioned 19 April 1898 - Decommissioned 7 March 1899


2. USS DIXIE Transport
Recommissioned 15 November 1899 - Decommissioned 21 July 1902
Recommissioned 1 October 1903 - Decommissioned 23 October 1905
Recommissioned 2 June 1906 - Decommissioned 1 November 1907


3. USS DIXIE Destroyer Tender
Recommissioned 2 February 1909


4. USS DIXIE AD-1
Designated (AD) 17 July 1920
Decommissioned 30 June 1922

Struck from the Naval Register (Date unknown)
Sold 25 September 1922 for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Dixie AD-1 Covers Page 1     (1909-1914)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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5th Commissioning 2 February 1909 to 30 June 1922

Post Office Established 23 March 1909 - Post Office Disestablished 17 July 1915

 

Locy Type 1(C)

1909-12-12

As Destroyer Tender

 

Locy Type 2(C)

1912-01-18

As Destroyer Tender

 

Locy Type 2(C)

1912-06-25

Destroyer Tender. Official Business, Paymaster's Office, Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Locy Type 3r (AC) "HAMPTON / ROADS, VA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. D-23

1914-11-25

As Destroyer Tender

 

Locy Type 3r (AC) "LOBUS ISD / MEXICO" (Like D-23, bars closer to dial)

1914-05-08

Destroyer Tender. Facing slip. Lobus Island (Isla Lobos) is a small island in the Gulf of California. Courtesy of Stewart Milstein.

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5th Commissioning 2 February 1909 to 30 June 1922

Post Office Established 1 April 1917 - Post Office Disestablished 18 May 1922

 

Locy Type 3rs (AC) "CHARLESTON / S.C."

1922-03-11

AD-1. Sailor's mail. From the Bob Govern collection.

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Locy Type 1z

1918-12-11

Sailor's Mail from USS Stevens DD-86.
STEVENS had NO Post Office. This postmark was from another ship or shore location. "Submitter believes postmark may be from USS DIXIE AD-1,the tender at Queenstown, Ireland."

 

Locy Type 1z

1918-12-11

Backside of the December 11th cover and enclosed letter dated Dec. 8, 1918.

 

Other Information

USS DIXIE earned the following awards during her Naval career, the Navy Expeditionary Medal, the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Cuban Pacification Medal, the Mexican Service Medal, the Dominican Campaign Medal and the World War I Victory Medal (with Mobile Base Clasp).

NAMESAKE - A collective designation for the southern states of the United States.

 

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