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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Dixie |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 1893, as El Rio |
| Acquired | by purchase, 15 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 19 April 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 7 March 1899 |
| Recommissioned | 15 November 1899 |
| Decommissioned | 21 July 1902 |
| Recommissioned | 1 October 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 23 October 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 2 June 1906 |
| Decommissioned | 1 November 1907 |
| Recommissioned | 2 February 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1922 |
| Reclassified | AD-1, 17 July 1920 |
| Motto | Fight With Our Lives So People Can Live |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 25 September 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Auxiliary cruiser / Destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 6,114 long tons (6,212 t) |
| Length | 405 ft 9 in (123.67 m) |
| Beam | 48 ft 3 in (14.71 m) |
| Draft | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 224 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 10 × 3 in (76 mm) guns |
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The first USS Dixie (later AD-1) was a United States Navy auxiliary cruiser and later a destroyer tender. The Dixie was the first ship of the United States Navy to have this name.
She was built as the steam brig El Rio in 1893 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia for the Southern Pacific Railroad's Morgan Line.[1] El Rio was purchased by the Navy 15 April 1898, converted to an auxiliary cruiser by her builder, and commissioned 19 April 1898, Commander Charles Henry Davis, Jr. in command.
- ^ Colton, T. (2 May 2014). "Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News VA". ShipbuildingHistory. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.