&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USSPrestonDD19.jpg) USS Preston (DD-19) underway in 1912
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Preston |
| Namesake | Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey |
| Laid down | 28 April 1908 |
| Launched | 14 July 1909 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Katherine Magoun |
| Commissioned | 21 December 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 17 July 1919 |
| Stricken | 15 September 1919 |
| Identification | Hull symbol: DD-19 |
| Fate | Sold, 21 November 1919 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Smith-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 700 long tons (710 t) normal |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 7 in (3,230 mm) |
| Speed | 31 kn (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
| Complement | 89 officers and crew |
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USS Preston (DD–19) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the third ship named for Samuel W. Preston.
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