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AVD-7 William B. Preston
United States Navy seaplane tender (destroyer)
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| flushdeck - | 1918/11/18 Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. | 1919/08/09 | 1920/08/23 | 1946/11/06
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | AsiaFlt/PatWing10 | Davao - 4 PBY | 81 114 | ||
| 41/12/08 | attacled by planes from Rjudzo | 66 | |||
| 41/12/09 | Moro Bay | 66 | |||
| 41/12/10 | Tutu Bay, Jolo | 66 | |||
| 41/12/15 | Davao - sail to Surabaya | ||||
| 41/12/27 | 42/01/02 | sail Surabaya > Port Darwin | 66 | ||
| 42/01 | 42/03 | 4 | Indonesia | 81 | |
| 42/01/0? | 42/01/1? | sail Port Darwin > Ambon > Kendari | 66 | ||
| 42/02/12 | 42/02/19 | Port Darwin | 66 | ||
| 42/02/19 | disable(1StrFor) Port Darwin - 11 KIA, 2 MIA, 3 WIA | 66 | |||
| 42/02/23 | Broome, Australia | 66 | |||
| 42/03 | 42/06 | Fremantle, Sydney - repairs - 102mm guns replaced by 76mm, 20mm added | 66 | ||
| 42/06/ | 42/07/14 | Exmouth Bay - 2 PBY-5 | 66 | ||
| 42/07/20 | 42/07/26 | Fremantle - upkeep, reprovisioning | 66 | ||
| 42/08 | 44/08 | Australia | 66 | ||
| 44/08/18 | Port Darwin | 66 | |||
| 44/08/22 | Milne Bay, New Guinea | 66 | |||
| 44/08/26 | Manus | 66 | |||
| 44/08/31 | Funafuti | 66 | |||
| 44/09/0? | 44/09/18 | sail Funafuti > Palmyra Is. > P.H. > San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 44/10/01 | 44/11/08 | Terminal Island, San Francisco Bay - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/11/1? | 45/02/14 | San Diego - plane guard duty | 66 | ||
| 45/02/15 | 45/02/21 | Alameda, Cal. - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/02/21 | 45/10 | San Diego - training duty | 66 | ||
| 45/07/26 | 45/08/0? | San Diego - repairs | 66 | ||