Dixie-class destroyer tender explained

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 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.^[1] New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, but the ships construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.^[2]

Ships

Construction data
Ship name		Builder	Laid down	Launched			Fate
	AD-14	New York Shipbuilding	17 March 1938	27 May 1939	25 April 1940	15 June 1982	Sold for scrap, 17 February 1983
	AD-15	7 December 1938	9 December 1939	5 August 1940	26 March 1993	Sold for scrap, 2 April 1993
	AD-17	Tampa Shipbuilding Company	1 December 1941	7 December 1942	5 January 1944	30 September 1982	Leased to Turkish Navy 18 October 1982 and later transferred to the Turkish Navy on 17 August 1987 and named "TCG Derya"; Scrapped in 1995
	AD-18	31 December 1941	23 February 1943	20 March 1944	15 October 1993	Sold for scrap, 25 August 1995
	AD-19	19 January 1942	16 May 1943	26 March 1944	27 January 1994	Sunk as target, 18 November 2003

External links

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - AD-14 Dixie

Notes and References

Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144
Web site: Destroyer Tender Photo Index (AD).