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USS PRESTON (DD-795)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NKRV

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - GLEE CLUB

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Bethlehem Steel , San Pedro. June 13 1943.
Launched December 12 1943 and commissioned March 20 1944.
Decommissioned April 24 1946, recommissioned January 26 1951.
Decommissioned November 15 1969 and Stricken November 15 1969.
To Turkey November 15 1969, renamed Icel.
Fate Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1981.

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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 52kUndated, location unknown.-
Preston 108kCommissioning ceremony for USS Cassin Young (DD-793) at Bethlehem Steel, San Pedro, Calif., on 31 December 1943. USS Preston (DD-795) is at left and USS Comfort (AH-6), not yet painted as a hospital ship, is at right. (U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-117682, from the collections of the National Archives)Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP,Charlestown Navy Yard
Preston 90kSan Diego, CA about December 1950 or January1951 just after she had been taken out of mothballs.Richard Bass
Preston 136kUSS Preston (DD-795) Photographed following conversion to "four-gun Fletcher" configuration, circa the mid-1950s. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Preston 17kSasebo in August, 1953 during a squardon (DesRon 24) awards ceremony. USS Picking (DD-685), USS Irwin (DD-794) and USS Preston (DD-795).Bud Healy
Preston 122kSixth Fleet ships in Naples harbour, circa 1955. destroyers in left centre are USS Preston (DD-795) and USS Irwin (DD-794). Destroyer in the centre, slightly to the right, appears to be USS Bordelon (DDR-881). The other U.S.Navy ships present are mainly amphibious types. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Robert B. Carney, USN (Photo No NH 99290).Robert Hurst
Preston 129kUSS Preston (DD-795) South Pacific, approaching USS Virgo (AKA-20) for replenishment. Photo is from Marc Schenck for his father, LTjg Bernard Schenck, served aboard the USS Virgo. Time would be 1957 during Virgo's Seventh Fleet deployment.Marc Schenck
Preston 52k13 June 1957, location unknown.Bob J. (?)
Preston 114kSan Francisco June 13 1957.Robert M. Cieri
Preston 117kUSS Preston (DD-795) Arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 19 March 1964. Taken by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class B.J. Long. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Preston 142kUSS Preston (DD-795) Off the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, California, 22 October 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Preston 129kUSS Preston (DD-795) Off the San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard, Hunters Point, California, 22 October 1966. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.Fred Weiss
Preston 115kUSS Preston (DD-795) off the San Francisco Naval Shipyard, Hunter's Point, California, 22 October 1966 (Photo Nos NH 99285 and NH 99286).Robert Hurst
Preston 101kAs above.Robert Hurst
Preston 33kSan Francisco June 1969.Marc Piché
Preston 62kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Preston 30kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Preston 70kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Preston 34kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski

USS PRESTON DD-795 History
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(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Goldsborough Serpell Patrick    Mar 20 1944 - Sep 20 1945 (Later RADM)
(Decommissioned Apr 24 1946 - Jan 26 1951)
CDR Frederick R. Riley    Jan 26 1951 - 1952
CDR Ralph Stoddard Stevens Jr.    1952 - Feb 1953
CDR Joseph Raymond Tenanty    Feb 1953 - Dec 20 1954
CDR Ernest Robert Peterson    Dec 20 1954 - 1956
CDR W. R. Robins    1956 - Jan 1957
CDR Albert Monroe Sackett    Jan 1957 - Jul 18 1959 (Later RADM)
CDR Richard S. Moore    Jul 18 1959 - Oct 7 1961
CDR Anthony J. Kodis    Oct 7 1961 - Sep 5 1963
CDR Harry Darlington Johnston    Sep 5 1963 - Jul 9 1965 (Later RADM)
CDR James Owen Lyon    Jul 9 1965 - Mar 1967
CDR David G. Ramsey    Mar 1967 - 1968 (Later RADM)
CDR John Alfred Coinier    1968 - Nov 15 1969

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Preston Website
Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
Destroyers Online Website
Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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