Six ships in the United States Navy have been named USS ''Preston'' for Samuel W. Preston. * was captured in 1864, commissioned in 1865 and decommissioned later that same year. * was captured in 1865 and sold in 1868. * was commissioned in 1909 and decommissioned in 1919. * was commissioned in 1921 and decommissioned in 1930. * was commissioned in 1936 and sunk in November 1942. * was commissioned in 1944 and transferred to Turkey in 1969.

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