Dixie-class destroyer tender

Dixie underway, c. 1962
Class overview
Builders
Operators United States Navy  Turkish Navy
Preceded byAltair-class destroyer tender
Succeeded by
Built1939–1943
In commission1940–1994
Completed5
Retired5
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer tender
Displacement9,450 long tons (9,602 t)
Length530 ft 6 in (161.70 m)
Beam73 ft 3 in (22.33 m)
Draft25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
PropulsionGeared turbine engines; twin screws, 12,000 hp (8,948 kW)
Speed19.6 knots (22.6 mph; 36.3 km/h)
Complement1,262
Armament
Notes[1]

The Dixie class destroyer tender was a class of five United States Navy destroyer tenders used during World War II. This class's design was based on the specifications of USS Dixie (AD-14) and constructed based on drawings for that vessel plus ongoing modifications specified for each continued vessel of the class. The basic hull and superstructure for this class was the same as the Fulton-class submarine tenders and Vulcan-class repair ships.

Towards the end of World War II, a modified Dixie-class destroyer tender was planned, the New England class.[2] New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, but the ship's construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.[3]

  1. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. p. 283.
  2. ^ Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
  3. ^ "Destroyer Tender Photo Index (AD)".