USS ''Preble'', sometimes called ''Commodore Preble'', was a

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...

which served in the United States Navy from 1813–1815. Named for Commodore Edward Preble, he was the first ship by that name in American naval service . ''Preble'' was purchased on Lake Champlain in 1813, commissioned 6 August, Lt. Charles Augustus Budd in command. Operating with Commodore Macdonough's squadron, she participated in the Battle of Lake Champlain, 11 September, which gave control of that lake to the Americans and forced General Prevost to retire back to Canada. Laid up after the battle, ''Preble'' was sold at Whitehall, New York, in July 1815.

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