PREBLE DDG 46

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Farragut Class Guided Missile Destroyer Ordered as Destroyer Leader DL-15 Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) 14 November 1956 Keel Laid 16 December 1957 - Launched 23 May 1959 USS PREBLE DLG-15 Commissioned 9 May 1960 - Decommissioned 31 January 1969 Recommissioned 23 May 1970 USS PREBLE DDG-46 Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 30 June 1975 Decommissioned 15 November 1991 Stricken 20 November 1992 Sold 15 April 1994 for scrap Repossessed 1 October 1996 Sold 20 March 2002 for scrap, completed 10 February 2003

Naval Covers

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1. USS Preble DLG-15 / DDG-46 Page 1    (1970-1991)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 9 May 1960 to 31 January 1969

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1962-06-25

As DLG-15

 

Locy Type 9f(n+u) (USS)

1962-06-25

As DLG-15

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2nd Commissioning 23 May 1970 to 15 November 1991

 

Locy Type FDC F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. P-78

1970-05-23

Commissioning

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (DLG,USS)

1970-06-10

DLG-15

 

Locy Type 2t(n+) ("USS" at bottom)

1975-02-05

DLG-15. Ship's cachet, from the Thad Kaczkowski collection.

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1976-04-21

DDG-46. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1979-12-07

DDG-46. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1987-08-07

DDG-46. Ship's cachet.

 

Locy Type 2-1t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1989-07-04

DDG-46. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 9-1t(n+u) (USS)

1979-12-07

DDG-46. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1t(n+u)

1991-11-15

DDG-46. Last Day of Commissioning. Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson, addressed to Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Commodore Edward Preble, USN (August 15 1761 - August 25 1807).
Edward Preble was born at Falmouth, Eastern Massachusetts, now Portland, Maine, 15 August 1761. In 1779 he was appointed to the Massachusetts State Marine, becoming an officer in the 26 gun ship Protector. Becoming a British prisoner, when that ship was captured in 1781, he was held for a time in prison ship New Jersey. On his release, he served in Winthrop and led a boarding party to capture a British brig at Castine and worked it out to sea despite heavy shore fire. Fifteen years of merchant service followed his Revolutionary War service and in April 1798 he was appointed 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. In January 1799 he assumed command of the 14 gun brig Pickering and took her to the West Indies to Protect American commerce. Commissioned Captain 7 June 1799, he took command of Essex in December and sailed in January 1800 for the Pacific to provide similar protective services for Americans engaged in the East Indies trade. Given command of the 3rd Squadron, with USF Constitution as his flagship, in 1803 he sailed for the Barbary coast and by October had promoted a treaty with Morocco and established a blockade off Tripoli. Relieved in September 1804, Commodore Preble returned to the United States in February 1805 and became engaged in shipbuilding activities at Portland, Maine, where he died 25 August 1807.

Six ships of the US Navy have been named PREBLE - USS Preble (1813 sloop-of-war), USS Preble (1839 sloop), USS Preble DD-12, USS Preble DD-345, USS Preble DLG-15/DDG-46 and USS Preble DDG-88.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson.

 

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