Dixon (AS 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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T USS DIXG CAS-371 1971-199 USS DIXON s CAS 375 m1ss1on consists of providing support for the nuclear submarines and floating drydock of Submarine Squadron Three DIXDN 1S named for Confederate Army Lt George E Dlxon who commandedtheConfederateSubmar1neHunley durmg the Civil War He IS credited with the smkmg of an enemy shipin combatbya submarme DIXON was built by General Dynamics Shipbuilding DIVISIOHIHQQIHIICY Mass and was comm1ss1oned1nNor- folk Va on Aug 7 1971 The Shlp then transited to San Diego Cahf and commenced support duties 1nN ov 1971. DIXON 1S 643 feet long 88 feet wide and displaces 22 000 tons Replacement cost for the ship and installed eqtupment is more than 100 mtllion dollars There are 995 compartments mthis 12 deck high ship The ship can be compared to a small city with its own mayor and city council power and light company fire department law office and pohce department gourmet restaurants recreation boating construction and repair de- Q . , . . . . . . . 1 . , . , . . , . 1 ' - 1 , . ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 partments, post office, grocery and depart cal and dental programs, etc. The crew of about 1 comprised of about 60 officers, 120 chief petty 40 different rating specialties. Approximately the crew are women with future plans to expand tO percent. Designed specifically to repair and p submarines at a forward deployed site, DIXON is versatile and complex ship. Repair services range foundry to a watchmaking shop, with all kinds tools, test equipment, shops for woodworking, tion, electrical and electronic repairs, nuclear repair, sheet metal and steel work, repair of all types of weapons and tremendous storage areas for refrigerated and dry cargo food and other supplies. There are craneS, elevators and conveyors to provide movement betweefl decks to the various storage and working areas. DIXQNE' the only submarine tender that hasfullcapability for helicopc ter operations. 3'

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Capt D W Crisp Commanding Officer BorninSpokane,Wash.,Capt. Crisp gradu- ated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1 969. He then attended the Naval Post-graduate School, Monterey, Calif. earning a Master's DegreeinMathematics. Following Nuclear Power Training and Ba- sic Submarine School, he was assigned to his first submarine, USS Swordfish CSSN-5795 serving as Sonar Officer, Electrical X Reactor Controls Division Officer, Supply Officer, and Main Propulsion Assistant. Completing the Submarine Officer Advanced Course, he then served as EngineeringOfficer of USS Hawkbill CSSN-6663. After a tour at OP-Ol , Washing- ton, D.C., he was assigned to USS Permit CSSN-5945 as Executive Officer, and then as Commanding Officer of USS Po gy CSSN- 647D. He subsequently served as Deputy Commander for Readiness and Training onthe Staff of Submarine Squadron SEVEN and then as senior member of the Pacific Fleet Nuclear Propulsion Examining Board, followed by a short assignment as the Decommissioning Commanding Officer of USS Proteus CAS-193. Capt. Crisp has been awarded the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with two Gold Stars, N avyCommendationMedal, Navy Unit Commendation with Bronze Star, Battle Efficiency E with Wreath, Navy Expedi- tionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Star, and the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon with three Bronze Stars. Heismarried to Cmdr. Donna Lynn Chesus Crisp of Redlands, Calif. They have three children, Howard, Eric and Jessica. 5