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USAT Dix

Transport

Laid down, date unknown, by William Doxford & Sons Shipbuilding Co. at Pallion, Sunderland, England

Launched, 22 October 1892 as the SS Samoa

Purchased at Hong Kong by the Quartermaster Department, 31 December 1900, from Mr. Ansil L. White

Assigned to the U.S. Army Transport Service

Renamed USAT Dix in February 1901 in honor of Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, who was commanding general of the Departments of Maryland and of the East during the Civil War

Assigned to the A.T.S. Pacific Fleet with homeport at Fort Mason, CA.

USAT Dix was a supply ship and animal transport that generally serviced the Seattle—Honolulu—Manila route with occasional port calls at San Francisco

Transported all horses, mules, and horse drawn equipment supporting the U.S. Army forces in Siberia from Vladivostok, Russia, to Manila, P.I., in February 1920

Transported part of the last contingent of U.S. troops from Vladivostok, Russia, to Manila, PI, 1 April 1920

Laid up, 10 December 1921, at Fort Mason, CA.

Ran aground, 6 February 1922, at Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay

Directed by Executive Order dated 1 July 1922 to be turned over to the U.S. Shipping Board

Turned over, 13 November 1922, to the U.S. Shipping Board

Sold, 12 December 1922 to the Robert Dollar Steamship Co. and renamed SS Grace Dollar

Final Disposition, scrapped in November 1928 at Kobe, Japan

Specifications:
Displacement 7,212 t.(fl)
Length 436'4"
Beam 52'1"
Draft 23'8"
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Passenger capacity unknown

Fuel Capacities unknown

Propulsion unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	56k	USAT Dix in port, Tacoma, WA., between 1901 and 1906. Looking west from what is now the Thea Foss Waterway. Wilhelm Hester Photographs Collection. University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.	Robert Hurst
	100k	USAT Dix loading cattle at Pier 5, Arlington Dock, Seattle, WA. circa 1907. Photographer Asahel Curtis (1874–1941). Transportation Photographs Collection. University of Washington: Special Collections.	Robert Hurst
	47k	USAT Dix probably in Seattle, WA., circa 1912. Pacific Coast Coal Company’s Dearborn Street bunkers in the background. *Dix* was a fixture on Puget Sound for many years, primarily transporting goods and personnel between Seattle, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean destinations. Transportation Photographs Collection. University of Washington: Special Collections.	Robert Hurst
	74k	USAT Dix underway, date and location unknown. US National Archives Record Group 92-Records of the Quartermaster General	US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol.4.
NAID 299618	255k	USAT Dix in Drydock No.2 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 1 May 1913. Photos from NARA Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)	US National Archives
NAID 299619	157k		US National Archives
301306708	94k	Undated post card image of USAT Dix at the Quartermasers Dock, Manila, Philippine Islands.	David Wright
301306707	221k	USAT Dix at anchor probably in the Philippines, date unknown	John C. Stahl

USAT Dix history is from US Army Order of Battle 1919-1941 Vol 4

Masters
01	CAPT. Kerr, L.R.M., A.T.S.	December 1918 - 15 July 1919
02	CAPT. Smith, Isaac L., A.T.S.	15 July 1919 - 22 Apr 1920
03	CAPT. Rasmussen, A. N., A.T.S.	22 April 1920 - 28 May 1921
04	CAPT. Olsen, Carl A., A.T.S.	28 May 1921 - 16 January 1922

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