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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Henry Davis, Jr.|nick=Charles H. Davis, Jr.|appt=18 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}|precBy=New Command}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Henry Davis, Jr.|nick=Charles H. Davis, Jr.|appt=18 April, 1898{{USList&Station1898|p. 6}}|precBy=New Command}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Belknap|nick=Charles Belknap|appt=4 December, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=Charles Belknap|nick=Charles Belknap|appt=4 December, 1899{{USOfficerReg1900|p. 12}}}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Tipton Conn, Jr.|nick=William T. Conn, Jr.|appt=4 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 18-19}}}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommUS}}|name=William Tipton Conn, Jr.|nick=William T. Conn, Jr.|appt=4 January, 1919{{USOfficerReg1920|pp. 18-19}}}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:59, 27 April 2018
| U.S.S. Dixie (1892) | |
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| Hull Number: | AD-1 |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company[1] |
| Purchased: | 15 Apr, 1898[2] |
| Launched: | 6 Oct, 1892[3] |
| Commissioned: | 19 Apr, 1898[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 30 Jun, 1922[5] |
| Sold: | 25 Sep, 1922[6] |
| Fate: | Broken up |
U.S.S. Dixie was one of five Prairie Class auxiliary cruisers acquired and converted for use by the U.S. Navy.
Service
Dixie was converted to a cruiser and commissioned 19 April, 1898 under the command of Commander Charles H. Davis, Jr..
Captains
- Commander Charles H. Davis, Jr., 18 April, 1898[7]
- Commander Charles Belknap, 4 December, 1899[8]
- Commander Greenlief A. Merriam, 4 November, 1903[9]
- Commander Moses L. Wood, 20 November, 1906[10]
- Lieutenant Paul Foley, before 1 January, 1911[11] – 8 July, 1911[12][13][Inference]
- Commander John K. Robison, 8 July, 1911[14][15] – after 1 January, 1912[16]
- Commander Hutchinson I. Cone, 16 June, 1913[17] – after 1 January, 1913[18]
- Commander David W. Todd, 1915[19]
- Commander Joel R. P. Pringle, 15 June, 1916[20]
- Commander William T. Conn, Jr., 4 January, 1919[21]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 168.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 31.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 32.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 6.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1900. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1904. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1907. p. 12.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 28.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1911. p. 10.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1912. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1915. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1916. p. 16.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1917. p. 14.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1920. pp. 18-19.
Bibliography
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