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

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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

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

Ships

References

External links

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

Notes

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