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Photo # NH 86202:  USS Preston at Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 July 1925

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-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Preston (DD-327), 1921-1932

USS Preston, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in August 1921. Late in that year she left the Pacific to begin operations in the Atlantic area. Preston deployed abroad in June 1925 and for the next year visited ports from northern Europe to the Mediterranean. Returning to the U.S. in July 1926, she spent the rest of her career in East Coast and Caribbean waters. USS Preston was decommissioned at the beginning of 1930, during a major realignment of the Navy's destroyer force. After her hull was employed for strength tests at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, she was sold for scrapping in August 1932.

USS Preston was named in honor of Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston, USN (1840-1865), who was killed in action during the assault on Fort Fisher, North Carolina, in January 1865.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Preston (DD-327).


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Photo #: NH 86202

USS Preston
(DD-327)

Steaming into the harbor of Copenhagen, Denmark, on 22 July 1925, with a pilot boat just off her port bow.

Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 43454

Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


View of the Yard's Delaware River waterfront, with the hammerhead crane in center, 31 May 1923. Among the ships visible are:
USS Dobbin (AD-3),fitting out at left;
Destroyers Sharkey (DD-281), Coghlan (DD-326) and Preston (DD-327), at right; and
USS Lamson (DD-328), astern of Preston with two other destroyers moored inboard.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 86201

USS Coghlan
(DD-326);
and
USS Preston (DD-327)

At Trieste, Italy, 26 March 1926.

Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 560 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 86200

Venice, Italy


Ships of Destroyer Division 27 moored with several yachts and other vessels in Venice harbor, 3 April 1926. The destroyers are (from left center to right center):
USS Preston (DD-327);
USS Lamson (DD-328);
USS Coghlan (DD-326); and
USS Bruce (DD-329).

Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 480 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 86197

Bergen, Norway


View of the city and harbor, seen from atop a neighboring mountain on 22 August 1925. Four U.S. Navy destroyers, of Destroyer Division 27, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, are in the center. USS Preston (DD-327) is one of them.
Also present, in the right center, are the Soviet warships Komsomoletz and Avrora.

Collection of C. Kauffman, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


The stern of USS Preston (DD-327) is visible in the far left of the following photograph:

Photo #: NH 43453

Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania


View of the Yard's Delaware River waterfront, with the hammerhead crane in center, 31 May 1923. Among the ships visible are:
USS Lamson (DD-328), in left center;
USS Sandpiper (AM-51) and USS Teal (AM-23), at right, with the crane ship Kearsarge beyond;
Destroyers Preston (DD-327), Coghlan (DD-326) and Sharkey (DD-281), partially visible at left.
USS Dobbin (AD-3) is fitting out on the opposite side of the pier, at left.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Preston (DD-327). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-1034999
    USS Preston (DD-327) arriving at St. Nazaire, France, circa 1925-1926.
    Port bow surface view, taken from another U.S. Navy ship, with city buildings behind Preston.


    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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