Dixie (AD 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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J x a |§ — | U.S.S. DIXIE AD- 1. HOMEWARD BOUND from the Azores Island

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Departing Hampton Roads, Virginia, II June 1898, DIXIE arrived at Santiago de Cuba on 19 June and attached to the Eastern Squadron, North Atlantic Fleet, cruised the West Indies during the Spanish-American War on blockade duty and convoying Army transports. During 27-28 July she participated in the capture of Ponce, Puerto Rico, landing an armed force which received the surrender of the towns of Ponce and La Playa. She departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 24 August and arrived at Philadelphia 22 September. She was placed out of commission there 7 March 1899, and from 15 March to 15 July 1899 was on loan to the War Department for use as a transport DIXIE was recommissioned 15 November 1899 as a training ship for landsmen. From 17 December to 8 August 1900 she made a training cruise which took her up to the West Indies, the Mediterranean, and through the Suez Canal to the Philippines where she transferred men to the base at Cavite. She returned to the United States via the same route. Her second training cruise was made from 19 September 1900 to 28 February 1901, visiting the Azores, Madiera, Gibraltar and Mediterranean ports, and returning via the West Indies and La Guaira.

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DIXIE was recommissioned I Oc- tober 1903 and joined the Caribbean Squadron North Atlantic Fleet. She cruised as a transport and training ship on the east coast, in the Caribbean and Canal Zone, carrying Marines, landsmen for training and drafts of other men for other vessels, as well as engaging in target practice for her crew and reserves. Assigned to the Special Services Squadron she steamed to Philadelphia 26 June 1905 to convey a party of scientists to the Mediterranean to observe the solar eclipse, of 30 August 1905. Returning to Philadelphia 13 October 1905, she was decommissioned ten days later. r