Territory Stories
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20)
Details:
Title
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
United States of America,
Service
Navy,
Service branch
Seaplane Tender,
Unit
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
Parent unit
Asiatic Fleet,
Date arrived in NT
1942-01-02,
Date left the NT
1944-08,
Honours and awards
World War II service, 1 Battle star,
History
William B Prestion was known as the Williebee. She was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942 and was attacked by the Japanese which resulted in the loss of 11 lives. She tended the Catalinas of Patrol Wing 10 as part of her duties in Australian waters.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second Word War, 1939-1945,
United States Navy,
Destroyer,
Float plane tender,
USS William B Preston,
Asiatic Fleet,
Navy,
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C241388 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302774] ,
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/william-b-preston.html [Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_B._Preston_%28DD-344%29 [Wikipedia : USS William B. Preston (DD-344)] ,
http://news.usni.org/2012/12/21/historic-fleets-saga-williebee [Historic Fleets - The Saga of the Williebee],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=30887 [USS William B Preston (AVD-7)(AVP-20)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842595 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842883
Territory Stories
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20)
Details:
Title
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
United States of America,
Service
Navy,
Service branch
Seaplane Tender,
Unit
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
Parent unit
Asiatic Fleet,
Date arrived in NT
1942-01-02,
Date left the NT
1944-08,
Honours and awards
World War II service, 1 Battle star,
History
William B Prestion was known as the Williebee. She was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942 and was attacked by the Japanese which resulted in the loss of 11 lives. She tended the Catalinas of Patrol Wing 10 as part of her duties in Australian waters.,
Notes
Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ,
Language
English,
Subject
Second Word War, 1939-1945,
United States Navy,
Destroyer,
Float plane tender,
USS William B Preston,
Asiatic Fleet,
Navy,
USS William B Preston (DD-344)(AVD-7)(AVP-20),
File type
image/jpeg,
Use
No known copyright,
Copyright owner
Australian War Memorial,
License
https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm ,
Related links
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C241388 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302774] ,
https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/w/william-b-preston.html [Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships] ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_William_B._Preston_%28DD-344%29 [Wikipedia : USS William B. Preston (DD-344)] ,
http://news.usni.org/2012/12/21/historic-fleets-saga-williebee [Historic Fleets - The Saga of the Williebee],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=30887 [USS William B Preston (AVD-7)(AVP-20)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842595 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/842883