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USS PRESTON (DD-327)

CLASS - CLEMSON As Built.
Displacement 1,215 Tons, Dimensions, 314' 5" (oa) x 31' 8" x 9' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 1 x 3"/23AA, 12 x 21" tt..
Machinery, 26,500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 35 Knots, Crew 114
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco July 19 1919.
Launched August 7 1920 and commissioned April 21 1921.
Decommissioned May 1 1930.
Stricken November 6 1931.
Fate Sold and broken up for scrap in 1932.
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Preston 69kPhoto #: NH 47236. Acting Master Samuel W. Preston, USN (1840-1865) photographed circa 1861-1862. The original print was mounted on a Carte de Visite. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Preston 93kLocation unknown, circa late 1920s.Marc Piché
Preston 134kPhiladelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania View of the Yard's Delaware River waterfront, with the hammerhead crane in center, 31 May 1923. Among the ships visible are: USS Dobbin (AD-3),fitting out at left; Destroyers Sharkey (DD-281), Coghlan (DD-326) and Preston (DD-327), at right; and USS Lamson (DD-328), astern of Preston with two other destroyers moored inboard. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Preston 93kUSS Preston (DD-327) Steaming into the harbor of Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 July 1925, with a pilot boat just off her port bow. Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Preston 119kUSS Coghlan (DD-326); and USS Preston (DD-327) At Trieste, Italy, 26 March 1926. Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Preston 106kShips of Destroyer Division 27 moored with several yachts and other vessels in Venice Harbour, 3 April 1926. The destroyers are (from left centre to right centre): USS Preston (DD-327); USS Lamson (DD-328); USS Coghlan (DD-326) and USS Bruce (DD-329) USN Photo No NH86200.Robert Hurst
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