USS Preston (DD-379)
USS Preston while underway in the late 1930s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Preston |
| Namesake | Samuel W. Preston |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Laid down | 27 October 1934 |
| Launched | 22 April 1936 |
| Commissioned | 27 October 1936 |
| Fate | Sunk by the Japanese cruiser Nagara, 14 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,500 tons |
| Length | 341 ft 4 in (104.0 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 0 in (10.7 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Complement | 158 |
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USS Preston (DD–379) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the fifth Navy ship named for Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston (1840–1865). She was sunk at the Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, 14 November 1942.