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

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

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

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

She was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean during a fleet training exercise 21 July 2003 over 580 km (360 mi) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina (USA) at 31°16′17.9″N 73°57′46.2″W / 31.271639°N 73.962833°W / 31.271639; -73.962833 in a depth of 5130 m (2805 fathoms).