George Henry Preble (d.1885)

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George Henry Preble

NationalityAmerican
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service10.10.1835ref:1131
FatherEnoch Prebleref:234
MotherSally Crossref:234
WifeSusan Zabiahref:234
Uncleref:234
Last Known Service1878CSORN
Date of Death1.3.1885 - Boston CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
10.12.1835		Midshipman	E-WIKI
1.5.1836	22.11.1838	United States (44) 1797-1862 American 44 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Midshipman	ref:234
25.1.1839	23.9.1840	Warren (18) 1826-1863 American 18 Gun 6th Rate Sloop , Midshipman	ref:234
1.1.1841		Entered the Naval School	ref:234
22.6.1841		Passed Midshipman	ref:1131
16.8.1841	13.8.1842	Madison (1) 1841-1842 American 1 Gun Unrated Schooner , Acting Lieutenant	ref:234
23.5.1843	9.8.1843	St Louis (18) 1828-1907 American 18 Gun 6th Rate Sloop , Acting Master	ref:234
9.8.1843	20.9.1845	St Louis (18) 1828-1907 American 18 Gun 6th Rate Sloop , Acting Lieutenant	ref:234
18.11.1845		Married Susan	ref:234
30.5.1846	1847	Petrel (1) 1846-1846 American 1 Gun Unrated Schooner , Acting Master	ref:234
1847		Invalided home in the Ohio	ref:234
31.5.1847		Arrived home	ref:234
15.7.1847		Master	E-WIKI
5.2.1848		Lieutenant	E-WIKI
5.2.1848	1.3.1849	Saratoga (22) 1842-1888 American 22 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Lieutenant	ref:234
30.4.1849		Ordered to the U. S. Coast Survey attahced to the steamer Legree	ref:234
18.12.1852	31.3.1853	Vermont (74) 1848-1902 American 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	ref:234
1853		St Lawrence (50) 1848-1875 American 50 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Lieutenant	ref:234
31.3.1853	8.1854	Macedonian (36) 1836-1871 American 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Lieutenant	ref:234
8.1854		Placed in command of the steamer Queen (4), chartered by Commodore Perry	ref:234
31.3.1855	14.8.1856	Macedonian (36) 1836-1871 American 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Lieutenant	ref:234
12.9.1859		Placed as a Lieutenant of the Narragansett of 1859, a 2nd class screw sloop	ref:234
23.11.1861		Left his post in the Narragansett	ref:234
17.2.1862		Took command of the Katahdin	E-WIKI
16.7.1862		Commander	E-WIKI
16.3.1867		Captain	E-WIKI
16.3.1867		Took command of the Pensacola	E-WIKI
2.11.1871		Commodore	E-WIKI
1873		Took command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard	E-WIKI
1875		Left the Philadelphia Navy Yard	E-WIKI
30.9.1876		Rear-Admiral	E-WIKI
1878		Rear-Admiral (retired)	E-WIKI

Notes on Officer

Other serviceref:234
During his appointment to the Warren he also served on the Macedonian, Levant and Erie

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

ref:1131 Periodical

ref:234George Henry Preble, Book

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