Sailors

Crossing the Line

                                                3 JANUARY 1908                                             CROSSING THE LINE On 29 December 1907, after their first coaling stop in Trinidad, the Atlantic Battleship Fleet, nicknamed “the Great White Fleet,” weighed anchor and headed south on their epic world cruise.  Five days later off Macapa, Read More

Auxiliaries, Cold War, Recent 40 years

The Last Cruise of DIXON

                                     TODAY IN NAVAL HISTORY                                  24 OCTOBER-14 NOVEMBER 1995                                      THE LAST CRUISE OF DIXON At 1600 on the sunny Tuesday afternoon of 24 October 1995 the L.Y. Spear-class submarine tender USS DIXON (AS-37) cast off from middle pier at SubBase Point Read More