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	104k	In the American Revolution Edward Preble ran away from home to serve on a privateer, entered (1779) the Massachusetts state marine as a midshipman, and saw service aboard the Protector, which was captured in 1781. After his release he joined the Winthrop and, when the Revolution was over, was engaged in the merchant service. Commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. navy in 1798, he was promoted (1799) to captain and given command of the Essex, which sailed to China and convoyed 14 merchant vessels to New York. In 1803, Preble was transferred to the Constitution and set out in command of a squadron for the Mediterranean, where he took a leading part in the Tripolitan War. After the Philadelphia of his squadron had been captured and held in the harbor of Tripoli, Preble blockaded that port and made a number of attacks, but he failed to capture the strongly fortified town. He was relieved of his command on the arrival of Commodore Samuel Barron. Many of those who served under Preble, such as David Porter and Stephen Decatur, rendered distinguished service in the War of 1812.		Bill Gonyo/Robert Hurst
	81k	Undated, location unknown.		Robert M. Cieri
	124k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	71k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	105k	USS Preble (DD-345) at anchor, probably in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa the early 1920s. Collection of Gustave Maurer. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Photo #: NH 2217.		Robert Hurst
	169k	USS Preble (DD-345), USS Noa (DD-343, unidentified and USS Pruitt (DD-347) in Saigon during 1926.		Frederick J. Moisson
	51k	USS John D. Ford (DD-228), USS Sicard (DD-346), USS Pruitt (DD-347), USS Decatur (DD-341), USS Preble (DD-345), USS Pope (DD-225), USS Bulmer (DD-222), USS Simpson (DD-221) and USS McCormick (DD-223) in Manila Harbor, November 16 1928.		Carl Ross
	69k	Panama Canal circa 1930's.		Tom Bateman
	170k	San Francisco, circa 1930. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	301k	Balboa Harbor, Panama Canal Zone. Aerial photograph taken 23 April 1934, with U.S. Fleet cruisers and destroyers moored together. Ships present include (left to right in lower left): USS Elliot (DD-146); USS Roper (DD-147); USS Hale (DD-133); USS Dorsey (DD-117); USS Lea (DD-118); USS Rathburne (DD-113); USS Talbot (DD-114); USS Waters (DD-115); USS Dent (DD-116); USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); USS Buchanan (DD-131); USS Crowninshield (DD-134); USS Preble (DD-345); and USS William B. Preston (DD-344). (left to right in center): USS Yarnall (DD-143); USS Sands (DD-243); USS Lawrence (DD-250); (unidentified destroyer); USS Detroit (CL-8), Flagship, Destroyers Battle Force; USS Fox (DD-234); USS Greer (DD-145); USS Barney (DD-149); USS Tarbell (DD-142); and USS Chicago (CA-29), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. (left to right across the top): USS Southard (DD-207); USS Chandler (DD-206); USS Farenholt (DD-332); USS Perry (DD-340); USS Wasmuth (DD-338); USS Trever (DD-339); USS Melville (AD-2); USS Truxtun (DD-229); USS McCormick (DD-223); USS MacLeish (DD-220); USS Simpson (DD-221); USS Hovey (DD-208); USS Long (DD-209); USS Litchfield (DD-336); USS Tracy (DD-214); USS Dahlgren (DD-187); USS Medusa (AR-1); USS Raleigh (CL-7), Flagship, Destroyers Scouting Force; USS Pruitt (DD-347); and USS J. Fred Talbott (DD-156); USS Dallas (DD-199); (four unidentified destroyers); and USS Indianapolis (CA-35), Flagship, Cruisers Scouting Force. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.		Fabio Peņa
	32k	Shown before the 1937 reclassification to DM-20.		Tom Bateman
	93k	Photo #: NH 103721, USS Preble (DD-345) underway, prior to World War II. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.		Paul Rebold

CDR Harry Alexander Baldridge    Mar 19 1920 - May 19 1920 (Later RADM)
LCDR Jere Hutchins Brooks    May 19 1920 - Aug 8 1921
LCDR Delavan Bloodgood Downer    Aug 8 1921 - Jul 25 1923
CDR Husband Edward Kimmel    Jul 25 1923 - Jan 2 1925 (Later ADM)
LT Malcolm Whitfield Callahan    Jan 2 1925 - Feb 8 1925 
CDR Husband Edward Kimmel    Feb 8 1925 - Apr 10 1925 (Later ADM)
CDR Ernest Friedrick    Apr 10 1925 - Jan 15 1926 
CDR James Perdue Olding    Jan 15 1926 - Jan 26 1926
CDR Ralph Burroughs Horner    Jun 26 1926 - Jun 22 1928
LCDR Marshall Britt Arnold    Jun 22 1928 - Jun 13 1931
LCDR Theo Dwight Westfall    Jun 13 1931 - Mar 10 1935
LCDR Ernest Homer Krueger    Mar 10 1935 - Jul 20 1936
LCDR Peter Kalsh Fischler    Jul 20 1936 - Apr 9 1937 (Later RADM)
As the DM-20
LCDR Thomas Mediary Dell Jr.    Apr 9 1937 - Jun 15 1939
LCDR Louis Arthur Reinken    Jun 15 1939 - Sep 16 1940
LCDR Charles Frederick Chillingsworth Jr.    Sep 16 1940 - Nov 21 1941
LCDR Harry Darlington Johnston    Nov 21 1941 - Sep 14 1942 (Later RADM)
CDR Frederick Samuel Steinke    Sep 14 1942 - Mar 24 1944
LT Elward Francis Baldridge    Mar 24 1944 - May 30 1945
LT John Paul Graves    May 30 1945 - Dec 7 1945

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