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U.S.S. PREBLE
(DDG-46)PROUD RELIABLE OPERATIONAL
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USS PREBLE (DDG-46) - a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
In Commission 1960 to 1991DDG-46 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DDG-46 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-46 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEC | 1957 | - | Keel Date: 16 DEC 1957 at Bath Iron Works Bath ME | ||
| MAY | 1959 | - | Launch Date: 23 MAY 1959 | ||
| MAY | 1960 | - | Commissioned: 9 MAY 1960 | ||
| JUN | 1974 | - | AUG | 1975 | Dry Dock |
| FEB | 1976 | - | AUG | 1976 | West Pac |
| JUL | 1976 | - | Shellback Initiation - 7 JUL 1976 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1980 | - | JUN | 1982 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean |
| APR | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUL | 1981 | - | NOV | 1981 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| AUG | 1981 | - | Shellback Initiation - 10 AUG 1981 - Indian Ocean | ||
| APR | 1982 | - | NOV | 1982 | UNITAS |
| APR | 1984 | - | NOV | 1984 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JUN | 1985 | - | JUN | 1986 | Regular Overhaul |
| JUN | 1987 | - | NOV | 1987 | Mediterranean-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| JAN | 1989 | - | JUN | 1989 | North Atlantic-Med-Indian Ocean |
| JAN | 1989 | - | JUN | 1989 | Standing Naval Forces Atlantic |
| MAY | 1989 | - | MAY | 1989 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
| NOV | 1990 | - | JUN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| DEC | 1990 | - | JUN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
| NOV | 1991 | - | Decommissioned: 15 NOV 1991 | ||
DDG-46 General Specifications
Class: Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Complement: 21 Officers and 356 Enlisted
Displacement: 5800 tons
Length: 512.5 feet
Beam: 52 feet
Draft: 25 feet
Range: 4500Nautical Miles
Final Disposition: Disposed of by scrapping dismantling10 February 2003
USS PREBLE (DDG-46)
The fifth Preble (DLG-15) was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corp. Bath Maine 16 December 1957 launched 23 May 1959; sponsored by Mrs. Ralph E. Wilson and commissioned in the Boston Naval Shipyard 9 May 1960 Comdr. Edward G. Fitzpatr ick in command.
After shakedown off the East Coast Preble transited the Panama Canal and arrived San Diego 2 September. After exercises along the coast of California she got underway 27 February 1961 enroute to the Far East for a six month tour with the 7th Flee t. She returned to San Diego 28 September to rejoin the 1st Fleet. She remained in the eastern Pacific through 1963 and on 26 February 1964 departed California for another tour of duty in the Far East 13 March-20 July.
Rotated regularly to WestPac over the next five years she spent much of her deployed time with the 7th Fleet off the coast of Vietnam. During these tours she served as plane guard for carriers in the Tonkin Gulf patrolled on SAR and bombarded enemy posi tions along the coast.
Returning from WestPac in July 1968
she operated briefly along the California coast and in December got underway for Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. There for an extensive overhaul
she decommissioned 31 January 1969
recommissioned 23 May 1970
and returned to the Pacific Fleet.
[Note: The above USS PREBLE (DDG-46) history may or may not contain text provided by crew members of the USS PREBLE (DDG-46) or by other non-crew members and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]