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Fixity (AM 235)

Call sign:
November - Delta - Hotel - Foxtrot

ex-PCE-908

Admirable Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 12 May 1944 as PCE-908 by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., Seattle, WA; Launched, 4 September 1944; Commissioned USS Fixity (AM 235), 29 December 1944; Decommissioned, 6 November 1946 at Bremerton, WA; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 23 January 1948; Sold to the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. of Jeffersonville, IN; Converted to river service in 1949 at Paducah Marine Ways, Paducah, KY and renamed M/V Commercial Dixie; Sold to the Cincinnati Marine Service of Covington, OH. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 945 t.(fl); Length 184' 6"; Beam 33'; Draft 9' 9"; Speed 14.8 kts.; Complement 104; Armament one 3"/50 cal. dual purpose mount and one twin 40mm gun mount, six single 20mm gun mounts, one depth charge thrower (hedgehogs), four depth charge projectiles (K-guns), two depth charge tracks; Propulsion two 1,710shp Cooper Bessemer GSB-8 diesel engines, National Supply Co. single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	143k	M/V Commercial Dixie		Dan Owen's Boat Photo Museum

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Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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