USS Preble DL-15 / DLG-15 / DDG-46 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Farragut 1957 (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine |
Hull Number: |
DL-15 DLG-15 (Nov. 11, 1956) DDG-45 (June 30, 1975) |
Ordered: |
October 26, 1956 |
Commissioned: |
May 9, 1960 |
Keel Laid: |
December 16, 1957 |
Decommissioned: |
November 15, 1991 |
Launched: |
May 23, 1959 |
Stricken: |
November 20, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold Mar. 20, 2002 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped. |
Notes |
Christened by Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson. |
Named in honor of Commodore Edward Preble USN (1761-1807). |
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Lt. Clyde E. Lassen USN awarded the Medal of Honor while serving on Preble during the |
Builder's Data |
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