USS Preble (DDG-88)
| USS Preble USS Preble cruising in the Arabian Sea | |
| Career (US) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Preble |
| Namesake: | Edward Preble |
| Ordered: | 13 December 1996 |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | 22 June 2000 |
| Launched: | 1 June 2001 |
| Acquired: | 12 August 2002 |
| Commissioned: | 9 November 2002 |
| Homeport: | Naval Base San Diego |
| Motto: | Intrepid Patriot |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| Badge: | 150px |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Arleigh Burke class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 9,200 tons |
| Length: | 509 ft 6 in (155.3 m) |
| Beam: | 66 ft (20 m) |
| Draft: | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shafts, 100,000 total shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (56+ km/h) |
| Range: |
4,400 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,100 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: |
33 Officers 38 Chief Petty Officers 210 Enlisted Personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
• AN/SPY-1D Radar • AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar • AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar • AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array • AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar • AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Template:Arleigh Burke class destroyer EW |
| Armament: |
1 × 32-cell |
| Aircraft carried: | Two SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters |
USS Preble (DDG-88) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
USS Preble (DDG-88) was commissioned 9 November 2002 at the Commonwealth Pier/World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts. At her commissioning ceremony USS Preble was docked bow to bow with USS Constitution, the command of her namesake, Commodore Edward Preble. The ceremony included a symbolic welcoming aboard of the spirit of Commodore Preble signaled by the ringing of chimes. Among the speakers at the commissioning of Preble were U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, then Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Vernon E. Clark USN (Ret.) and journalist and sailor Walter Cronkite.
Ship History
Preble departed San Diego in June 2004 for her maiden deployment with the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Expeditionary Strike Group. During that deployment, three Sailors were injured when a UH-3H Sea King had a mishap while landing aboard the ship. Preble returned home after six months 17 December 2004.[1]
On 20 January 2007, Preble departed for a routine deployment with the USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) Carrier Strike Group. Preble supported Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, Expeditionary Strike Force training and exercise Valiant Shield 2007 during the deployment. She returned to her homeport after seven months on 29 August 2007.[2]
References
- ↑ USS Preble (DDG-88) uscarriers.net
- ↑ It's Official: USS Stennis Will Return Home Friday Kitsap Sun
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- USS Preble website
- Commissioning Ceremony, USS Preble United States Sea Cadets Corps, Quonset Point, RI
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