Originally named
PCE-908, the ship was launched on 4 September 1944 by
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company,
Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. P. J. Toien; and commissioned on 29 December 1944. Sailing from
San Pedro, California, on 4 March 1945,
Fixity trained in the
Hawaiian Islands for the rest of the month, then crossed the Pacific on
convoy escort duty to
Eniwetok,
Ulithi, and
Okinawa. From her arrival there on 16 May,
Fixity took station in the inner screen protecting the masses of shipping at the island, on 22 June driving off a lone
Japanese airplane which attempted to attack her. She served on patrol and escort at
Okinawa until 30 August, then began minesweeping operations off Korea, concentrating on the approaches to
Jinsen. On 8 September, she rendezvoused with the
amphibious force bringing troops to occupy Jinsen, into which she accompanied them.
Fixity arrived at
Sasebo on 10 September 1945, and was based there for sweeping operations in Japanese waters until February 1946, when she sailed for the
west coast and inactivation. She was decommissioned at
Bremerton, Washington, on 6 November 1946, and transferred to the
Maritime Commission on 23 January 1948. She was sold to the Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co. of
Jeffersonville, Indiana and converted to river service in 1949 at Paducah Marine Ways,
Paducah, Kentucky, and renamed
M/V Commercial Dixie. She was later sold to the Cincinnati Marine Service of
Covington, Ohio. She sank in
Ohio River at
Maysville, Kentucky late 1990s.
Fixity received two
battle stars for World War II service. == References ==