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USS PRESTON (DD-379)

CLASS - MAHAN As Built.
Displacement 2103 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 341' 4" (oa) x 35' 5" x 12' 4" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 12 x 21" tt.(3x4).
Machinery, 49,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 158.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island Navy Yard October 27 1934.
Launched April 22 1936 and commissioned October 27 1936.
Fate Sunk by gun fire from Japanese cruiser Nagara off Guadalcanal November 15 1942.
116 of her crew were lost with the ship and remain on duty.
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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 65kUndated, location unknown.-
Preston 77kUndated, location unknown.-
Preston 134kUSS Smith (DD-378) left and the USS Preston (DD-379) under construction at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1 July 1935 (USN Photo No 19-N-17722).Robert Hurst
Preston 95kUSS Smith (DD-378) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 21 September 1936, two days after she went into commission. The destroyer astern of Smith is Preston (DD-379), which was still fitting out. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
Preston 139kUSS Preston (DD-379) Underway at sea during the 1930s, possibly in 1938. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Preston 149kDestroyers underway in San Diego Harbor, California, 1938. Identifiable ships are: USS Drayton (DD-366), at left; USS Preston (DD-379), at right; and USS Perkins (DD-377), in center, partially masked by Preston. Note colored bands painted on these destroyer's after smokestacks, possibly for unit identification purposes. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Preston 129kUSS Preston (DD-379) At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 15 August 1942 Barge in the far right distance is YF-380. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.Fred Weiss
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