Dixie (AD 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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DIXIE arrived in Yokosuka on 27 July 1950, then shifted to Sasebo, Japan where she remained tending destroyers until 27 January 1951. On that day she departed in company with battleship MISSOURI, cruiser MANCHESTER and seventeen destroyers to take part in the bombardment of the east coast of Korea. This bombardment was carried out on 31 January 1951 when DIXIE let go with rounds of five-inch shells on a railway installations at Kosong, Korea where she completely destroyed a warehouse full of explosive materials and devastated other industrial targets. She visited Pusan, Korea (4-5 February) and was relieved of duty in the Far East by tender PRAIRIE on the 5th when she departed for return to the United States. She reached San Diego on 20 February 1951 and again served as Flagship of Cruiser-Destroyer Forces of the Pacific Fleet as she Continued tender duties in that port. A second cruise was made to the Far East in support of the United Nations Forces in Korea, (21 January-14 August 1952) and she sailed from San Diego on 17 February 1953 for a third cruise from which she returned to San Diego on 17 October 1953. During her service for the United Nations Forces in Korea, she repaired a total of 226 warships representing seven nations. She also rendered medical and dental attention, supplies and provisions, ammunition and disbursing facilities, as well as numerous other services to these and other ships returning from combat patrols and missions along the Korean coast.

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Dixie ' s Decorations USS DIXIE (AD- 1 4) has earned five battle stars and other awards for the operations listed below. I star FIRST U.N. COUNTER OFFENSIVE: 30 January - 3 February 1951 I star SECOND KOREAN WINTER: 25-27 February 1952; 24-27 March 1952 I star KOREAN DEFENSIVE, SUMMER FALL 1952: 2-5 May I952-, 25-26 June 1952; 7-8 July 1952 I star THIRD KOREAN WINTER: 20-23 March 1953, 11-13 April 1953 I star KOREA, SUMMER FALL 1953: I May 1953 - 27 July 1953 NAVY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL (Asia): 8-20 September 1945; 26 May-21 June 1959 CHINA SERVICE MEDAL: 21 September - 10 December 1945; 23 March - 14 September 1947, 8 March - 25 May 1949; 26 June - I July 1952; 13 August - II September 1953 KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE: I August 1950 - 9 February 1951, 10 February 1952 - 27 July I952-, 9 March 1953 - 27 July 1953 Original Statistics For USS Dixie AD-14 LENGTH OVERALL: EXTREME BEAM: FULL LOAD DISPLACEMENT: Tons: Mean Draft: DESIGNED SPEED: TOTAL ACCOMMODATIONS: Officers: Enlisted: ARMAMENT: 530 feet 6 inches 73 feet 3 inches 17,176 24 feet 5 inches 18 knots 56 1,206 (4) 5-inch .38 caliber }