U.S.S. Preston (1909)

U.S.S. Preston (1909)
Hull Number:	DD-19
Builder:	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down:	28 Apr, 1908
Launched:	14 Jul, 1909
Commissioned:	24 Dec, 1909
Decommissioned:	17 Jul, 1919
Stricken:	15 Sep, 1919
Sold:	21 Nov, 1919
Fate:	Broken up

U.S.S. Preston was one of five Smith class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy in 1909-10.

Captains

• Lieutenant Commander George C. Day, 21 December, 1909 – February, 1910
• Lieutenant Commander David F. Boyd, Jr., February, 1910 – December, 1911
• Lieutenant Herbert F. Leary, 11 October, 1912 – 15 March, 1913
• Ensign David H. Stuart, 15 March, 1913 – 14 May, 1914
• Lieutenant Reuben B. Coffey, 14 May, 1914 – 9 December, 1914
• Lieutenant (Junior Grade) James G. B. Gromer, ? – 8 May, 1916
• Lieutenant Cary W. Magruder, 8 May, 1916 – 19 September, 1916
• Ensign David S. Stuart, 19 September, 1916 – 22 March, 1917
• Lieutenant Commander John H. Wellbrock, 22 March, 1917 – 24 February, 1919
• Lieutenant (Junior Grade) William O. Kenney, 24 February, 1919 – 24 May, 1919
• Lieutenant James P. Brown, 24 May, 1919 – 17 July, 1919

See Also

• Wikipedia