USS Preston (DD-19)
 USS Preston (DD-19) | |
| Career (United States) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Preston |
| Namesake: | Samuel W. Preston |
| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 28 April 1908 |
| Launched: | 14 July 1909 |
| Commissioned: | 21 November 1909 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 July 1919 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1919 |
| Identification: | DD-19 |
| Fate: | Sold 21 November 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Smith-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 902 tons |
| Length: | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam: | 26 ft 11 in (8.20 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
| Speed: | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Complement: | 88 officers and crew |
| Armament: | 5 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 3 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Preston (DD–19) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the third ship named for Samuel W. Preston.
Preston was laid down on 28 April 1908 by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, launched on 14 July 1909, sponsored by Miss Katherine Magoun, and commissioned on 21 December 1909, Lieutenant Commander G. C. Day in command.
World War I
Preston, attached to Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, conducted peacetime patrols and participated in various individual, squadron, and fleet exercises until assigned to neutrality duties prior to the entry of the United States into World War I. At New York on 6 April 1917, she sailed within the week for Boston, Massachusetts, where she continued patrol duties until 12 May. Then reassigned to Destroyer Force, Atlantic, she performed coastal escort and patrol duties for two months. In July, she sailed east, and from 1 August to 5 October she patrolled and performed escort work off the strategically located Azores. Next ordered to Brest, she conducted similar missions along the French coast until the Armistice. On 11 December 1918, she sailed for the United States, arriving at Charleston, South Carolina on 4 January 1919.
Later shifted to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she decommissioned on 17 July and her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 September. On 21 November, the coal burning "Flivver" was sold to the T. A. Scott Company of New London, Connecticut.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
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