Allied Warships

USS Preble (DM 20)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDM 20 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down12 Apr 1919 
Launched8 Mar 1920 
Commissioned19 Mar 1920 
End service7 Dec 1945 
History

Reclassified as destroyer minelayer DM-20 on 30 June 1937
Reclassified as AG-99 on 5 June 1945
Decommissioned on 7 December 1945
Stricken on 3 January 1946
Sold to be broken up for scrap on 26 October 1946

 

Commands listed for USS Preble (DM 20)

Please note that we're still working on this section.

CommanderFromTo
1Harry Darlington Johnston, USN??????

2Lt.Cdr. Peter Kalsh Fischler, USNJul 1936Apr 1937

3Lt.Cdr. Louis Arthur Reinken, USN1939???

4Lt.Cdr. Charles Frederick Chillingsworth, Jr., USN1940???

5Cdr. Edward Francis Baldridge, USNApr 19441945

You can help improve our commands section
Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.
Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore

Return to the Allied Warships section