USS DIXON - Original Patch - READY FOR SUBMARIN SERVICE - Vietnam War Era, #.124 for Sale

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USS DIXON - Original Patch - READY FOR SUBMARIN SERVICE - Vietnam War Era, #.124 For Sale

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USS DIXON - Original Patch - READY FOR SUBMARIN SERVICE - Vietnam War Era, #.124:
$75.00

Submarine Tender - USS DIXON - AS-37

United States Navy - Launched 1971 - Ready For Service

Vietnam War Patch - Submarine Tender

US NAVY - Measures - 4.4 x 3.4 inches (11 x 8.5 cms)

USS DIXON – AS-37

USS Dixon (AS-37) was an L. Y. Spear-classsubmarine tender, in service to the United States Navy from 1971 through 1995.

Dixon was named for George E. Dixon, commanderof the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley.

Dixon was laid down by General Dynamics Corp,Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, on 7 September 1967.

She was launched on 20 June 1970 andcommissioned on 7 August 1971 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, sponsored by Mrs. PaulMasterson, the wife of retired Vice Adm. Paul Masterson, USN, and commanded byCapt. D.S. Boyd, USN.

In November 1978, two female officers, EnsignsRoberta McIntyre and Macushla McCormick, boarded Dixon.

They were part of the first group of femaleofficers to serve aboard U.S. Navy ships starting in November 1978.

Ensign McIntyre later became the first woman toqualify as a Surface Warfare Officer.

Dixon was decommissioned 15 December 1995 andstruck 18 March 1996.

She was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Oceanduring a fleet training exercise 21 July 2003 over 580km (360mi)southeast of Charleston, South Carolina (USA).

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