The ''Dixie'' class destroyer tender was a class of five

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

destroyer tender A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of ...

s used during

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. 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. ''New England'' was

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on 1 October 1944 by the

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, Inc., at Tampa, but the ships construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.

Ships

References

External links

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

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