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USS Dixie, circa mid-1898, soon after conversion to an auxiliary cruiser with a main battery of
ten 6" guns, of which four were on deck and six in the hull. Near-sister USS Yosemite
(lost in 1900), also converted at Newport News, had a similar main
battery arrangement but had 5" guns.
US National Archives, RG-19-A-1. Photo # 19-N-16-29-8 a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives,
courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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Crewmen swabbing the forward spar deck of the Auxiliary Cruiser USS Dixie during the Spanish-American War, 1898. Ensign Peter T. Coyle is on the bridge, overlooking the scene. Note ship's bell at right.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 67447 |
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Auxiliary Cruiser USS Dixie crewmen cleaning a 6-inch gun, during the Spanish-American War, 1898. View looks aft from near the bow, on the port side.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 67456 |
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Auxiliary Cruiser USS Dixie, circa 1898, during Spanish-American War
US Navy photo # NH 67435, from the collection of the US Naval Historical Center |
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USS Dixie in July 1901 as a training ship with light yardarms added to her pole foremast. She still carries a main battery
of ten guns, although these now appear to be five-inchers.
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 54514, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Dixie after more extensive alterations as a training ship, probably in 1902-1903. Her original pole masts have been
shortened and fitted with tops, topmasts, and heavy yardarms. Her main battery has been rearranged and reduced to eight 5" guns, of which four were on deck and four in
the hull.
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 84, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Dixie crew photo taken in 1905 prior to the ship departing in June for a scientific expedition to observe the total eclipse of the sun on 30 August 1905.
US Navy photo from "Army and Navy Register", Vol. XXXVIII, No. 1334, July 8, 1905 |
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US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #'s NH 54516 |
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USS Dixie after recommissioning as a tender to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet in February 1909 and most likely
several years later. Her armament is now ten 3" guns, all on deck, and long-wire radio antennas are barely visible suspended between the tops of the masts. She has also
been fitted with enlarged hawse pipes for stockless anchors.
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #'s NH 54516 and NH 85723, courtesy
Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst |
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #'s NH 85723 |
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Postcard of USS Dixie moored in the Hudson River off Palisades, New York, 28 October 1911. Postcard was postmarked from
USS Virginia (Battleship No. 13) on 24 November 1911. |
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Auxiliary Cruiser USS Dixie on the Hudson River, New York, N.Y. for the Naval Review, 14 October 1912.
US Navy photo from the National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress) gift of Herbert A. French, 1947. glass negative, CALL NUMBER: LC-F82- 1831[P&P] |
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USS Dixie at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1914." |
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USS Dixie at anchor, 29 August 1916, location unknown.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier (NAID) 55172690 from U.S. Army Pictorial Center,Office of the Chief Signal Officer. |
Robert Hurst |
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USS Dixie serving as a destroyer tender at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1917-1918.
US Naval History and Heritage Command
Photo # NH 54515, courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
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USS Dixie in the Azores while enroute to the US after completing her tour of duty during World War I at Queenstown, Ireland, circa January-February 1919. Note: She is flying a "Homeward Bound" pennant.
© Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. |
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USS Dixie at anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 7 April 1919. |
Jerry Miller Petty for his father Miller Ivan Petty, Blacksmith 1/c USS Dixie |
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USS Dixie at anchor with destroyers alongside, date and location unknown.
U.S. Navy photo. |
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USS Dixie moored at New York Navy Yard, 18 December 1919, Pier E. At the next pier, Pier F, are battleships
USS Florida (BB-30) and
USS Utah (BB-31).
US National Archives Photo. |
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Honorable Discharge and Enlistment Record issued aboard USS Dixie to Miller Ivan Petty, Blacksmith 1/c, 15 May 1920. |
Jerry Miller Petty for his father Miller Ivan Petty, Blacksmith 1/c USS Dixie |
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USS Dixie (AD-1) in the Hudson River off New York City in May 1921.
US Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 90101,
courtesy Shipscribe.com. |
Robert Hurst |
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Parker Cook served as Passed Assistant Paymaster with the rank of Lieutenant in USS Dixie during the Spanish American War. |
Bill Gonyo |
