High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Preston (DD–379) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fifth Navy ship named for Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston (1840–1865). Preston was laid down 27 October 1934 at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California; launched 22 April 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Edward H. Campbell; and commissioned 27 October 1936, Commander C. D. Swain in command. Following shakedown, Preston operated briefly under the Chief of Naval Operations, then joined Battle Force, U.S. Fleet. Initially assigned to Destroyer Squadron 2 (DesRon 2), then shifted to DesRon 5, she conducted peacetime training exercises in the Pacific until 7 December 1941. Patrol and coastal escort duties along the west coast kept Preston in the eastern Pacific until 1 June 1942. Then setting a westward course she headed for Hawaii in the screen of Saratoga. Arriving on the 6th, her group, TG 11.1, departed again the next day to rendezvous with Task Force 17 (TF17) and deliver planes, pilots, and material to Enterprise and Hornet as that force refueled and rested after the Battle of Midway.

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