USS Preble (DDG-46)
USS Preble (DDG-46) in 1986
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| Name: | Preble |
| Namesake: | Edward Preble |
| Ordered: | 26 October 1956 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 16 December 1957 |
| Launched: | 23 May 1959 |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 9 May 1960 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 November 1991 |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
| Identification: | DDG-46 |
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| Class and type: | Farragut-class guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 5,800 tons |
| Length: | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
| Beam: | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
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| Speed: | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement: | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32 |
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USS Preble (DLG-15/DDG-46) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the fifth, of now six ships, named to honor Commodore Edward Preble (1761–1807). Preble was laid down by Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine on 16 December 1957. She was launched on 23 May 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson. Preble was commissioned at the Boston Naval Shipyard on 9 May 1960, Commander Edward G. Fitz-Patrick in command. She was decommissioned on 15 November 1991 and struck 20 November 1992 to be scrapped.
After shakedown off the eastern coast of the United States, Preble transited the Panama Canal and arrived at San Diego on 2 September 1960. After exercises along the coast of California, she got underway on 27 February 1961 en route to the Far East for a six-month tour with the 7th Fleet. She returned to San Diego on 28 September to rejoin the 1st Fleet. She remained in the eastern Pacific through 1963 and on 26 February 1964 departed California for another tour of duty in the Far East, from 13 March to 20 July.
Rotated regularly to the Western Pacific over the next five years, Preble spent much of her deployed time with the 7th Fleet off the coast of Vietnam. During these tours she served as plane guard for aircraft carriers in the Tonkin Gulf, patrolled on Search and Rescue, and bombarded enemy positions along the coast. On 19 June 1968 Navy Lt.jg. Clyde Everett Lassen and his crew from Helicopter Squadron 7, embarked aboard Preble, flew a hazardous mission deep into North Vietnam to rescue two downed U.S. Navy pilots. Lassen was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
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