Dixie (AD 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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History Of The Name

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Credit Where Credit 1$ Due SPONSOR - CDR H. He didn ' t know what he was getting into Sudholz OFFICER IN CHARGE - CW02 F. Rewind Russow EDITOR - LI2 Rod Indespensible Dominguez SECRETARY - EM3 Jay M.C. Ardle McArdle HISTORIAN - OMI Roger Billy Goat Gruff Pittman assisted by ENS Maureen Dixie ' s Pixie Donovan STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS - PH2 Hank f-stop Newman, PHAN Larry shutter speed Byrd, ICFN Lee Jaws Jaworski, TM3 Rob Cabbie Caballero CARTOONS ARTWORK - Ned Big Ink Daniels. YN3 Dave Little Ink Dick COPY - YNI Stacey 70 Words-per-Minute (out of the kindness of her heart) STATISTICS - DT2 Larry Da Wad Curtis There were many people who had a hand in putting this book together, some of them were put out by this book. The Staff sincerely appreciates the help that anyone contributed towards the completion of this CRUISE BOOK.

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The first DIXIE was the former merchant ship SS EL RIO, built in 1893 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and owned by the Southern Pacific Company of Oakland, California. She was purchased from her owner on 15 April 1898 to serve as an auxilary cruiser during the Spanish-American War and was commissioned USS DIXIE on 19 April 1898, Commander Charles H. Davies, USN in command. %lbtiitf ittuuh l5ais»htiiu The name DIXIE originated from the early days of Louisiana when the Cit dollar note bearing the french word Dix (ten). The Dixie notes were soo Louisiana became known as Dixieland . As the notes spread throughi and Dixieland became a pseudonym for the south. Bank issued ?on called Dixie ' s a the Southern states