USS Dixie III

For other ships with the same name, see USS Dixie.

USS Dixie III (SP-701), later USS SP-701, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS SP-701, ex-USS Dixie III sometime between April 1918 and May 1919.
History
United States
Name	USS Dixie III (1917-1918) USS SP-701 (1918-1919)
Namesake	Dixie III was her previous name retained SP-701 was her section patrol number
Builder	Bowes and Mower, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Completed	1911
Acquired	early May 1917
Commissioned	early May 1917
Renamed	SP-701 April 1918
Fate	Returned to owner May 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Dixie III 1911-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	54.1 ft (16.5 m)

Dixie III was built in 1911 as a civilian motorboat of the same name by Bowes and Mower at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The State of Maine operated her as a pleasure craft until early May 1917, when the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dixie III (SP-701) in early May 1917.

Probably assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Dixie III served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I. In April 1918 she was renamed USS SP-701.

SP-701 was returned to the State of Maine in May 1919.

References

• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Dixie III (SP-701), 1917-1919. Renamed SP-701 in 1918
• Photo gallery of USS Dixie III at NavSource Naval History