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U.S.S. DIXON

(AS-37)

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The USS DIXON (AS-37), a L. Y. Spear Class Submarine Tender, was commissioned on 7 AUG 1971. USS DIXON served her country for 24 years, 4 months and 8 days, until decommissioned on 15 DEC 1995. Built in Quincy MA, USS DIXON was commissioned in Norfolk, VA and then steamed for her homeport of San Diego, CA. She spent ten years close to home on the West Coast, then made her first West Pac - Indian Ocean deployment in 1981. The cycle repeated with ten years passing again before another West Pac in 1992. USS DIXON tended the Fleet, winning numerous awards for Technical and Service Excellence over her career. In October 1995 she transited the Panama Canal, headed for Norfolk, VA. She was decommissioned in December 1995. In July 2003 the hulk of DIXON was sunk in a Fleet exercise off the coast of North Carolina.

The USS DIXON (AS-37) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:

AS-37 Deployments - Major Events

Add a AS-37 Shellback Initiation Add a AS-37 Deployment - Major Event
Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
SEP1967-Keel Date: 7 SEP 1967
at General Dynamics
JUN1970-Launch Date: 20 JUN 1970
AUG1971-Commissioned: 7 AUG 1971
SEP1971-JAN1972Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf
SEP1971-Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1971- Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean
SEP1971- Shellback Initiation - 16 SEP 1971 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1973-SEP1975West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1973-Shellback Initiation - 4 FEB 1973 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1981-MAY1981West Pac-Indian Ocean
JAN1981- Shellback Initiation - 18 JAN 1981 - Indian Ocean
JAN1981- Shellback Initiation - 18 JAN 1981 - Indian Ocean
JAN1981- Shellback Initiation - 18 JAN 1981 - Indian Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 20 MAY 1981 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1981-NOV1981West Pac-Indian Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 1 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean
MAY1981- Shellback Initiation - 30 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 30 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 29 MAY 1981 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 29 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean
MAY1981-Shellback Initiation - 15 MAY 1981 - Indian Ocean
OCT1983-Shellback Initiation - 13 OCT 1983 - Pacific Ocean
JAN1985-MAR1985Dry Dock
SEP1986-SEP1986Middle Pacific
JAN1987-JAN1988Alaska
MAY1988-JUN1988Alaska
JUL1989-Shellback Initiation - 22 JUL 1989 - Pacific Ocean
JUN1992-JAN1993Desert Storm
DEC1992-Shellback Initiation - 11 DEC 1992 - Indian Ocean
DEC1992- Shellback Initiation - 11 DEC 1992 - Indian Ocean
OCT1995-OCT1995Panama Canal
DEC1995-Decommissioned: 15 DEC 1995

AS-37 General Specifications

Class: L. Y. Spear Class Submarine Tender

Named for: George E. Dixon

Complement: 1338 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 22640 tons

Length: 644 feet

Beam: 85 feet

Flank Speed: 20 knots

Final Disposition: Disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise 21 July 2003