The Dixie class destroyer tender was a class of five United States Navy destroyer tenders used during World War II. 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.Stefan Terzibaschitsch: 70 Jahre Flottenhilfsschiffe der U.S. Navy. Leonberg, Germany, p. 23 and p. 144 New England was laid down on 1 October 1944 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Inc., at Tampa, but the ships construction was cancelled on 12 August 1945.
Ships + Construction data Ship name Builder Laid down Launched Fate AD-14New York Shipbuilding 17 March 1938 27 May 1939 25 April 1940 15 June 1982 Sold for scrap, 17 February 1983 AD-15 7 December 1938 9 December 1939 5 August 1940 26 March 1993 Sold for scrap, 2 April 1993 AD-17 Tampa Shipbuilding Company 1 December 1941 7 December 1942 5 January 1944 30 September 1982 Leased to Turkish Navy 18 October 1982 and later transferred to the Turkish Navy on 17 August 1987 and named "TCG Derya"; Scrapped in 1995 AD-18 31 December 1941 23 February 1943 20 March 1944 15 October 1993 Sold for scrap, 25 August 1995 AD-19 19 January 1942 16 May 1943 26 March 1944 27 January 1994 Sunk as target, 18 November 2003
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