The USS Preble left its former homeport of San Diego on Sept. 22 bound for Yokosuka, where it will take the place of the USS Benfold. That warship, meanwhile, will relocate to Everett, Wash., ...

Sailors in dress whites manned the rails Saturday as the USS Preble pulled into Tokyo Bay and moored at Yokosuka, where it became the 10th destroyer assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15. The Preble ...

The undated image, which was published in the US Center for Countermeasures’ annual report this month, captured the warfighting laser technology being fired from the USS Preble destroyer in the ...

The destroyer, USS Preble, completed a switch of home port in October last year when it arrived at Yokosuka in Japan from San Diego in California to join Destroyer Squadron 15, supporting the ...

The USS Preble, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has become the first ship in the American fleet to be equipped with the HELIOS system. This modern laser weapon combines the ability to destroy ...

The U.S. Center for Countermeasures’ released the photo of the USS Preble using the laser weapon, referred to as “HELIOS” in its annual report. In the report, the U.S. Center for ...

Peter Lesaca was relieved as commanding officer of the destroyer USS Preble. In every case, the Navy said the five men were relieved “due to loss of trust and confidence” in their ability to ...

The Navy relieved the commanding officer of USS Preble (DDG-88), the sea service announced in a press release Tuesday evening. Commodore of Destroyer Squadron 23 Capt. Patrick O’Mahoney ...

The Navy has announced yet another firing of a commanding officer -- Cmdr. Peter Lesaca of the destroyer USS Preble -- in a press release Tuesday evening. Lesaca is the fourth commander to be ...

This month, the Navy installed Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS laser system on the USS Preble. HELIOS, which stands for High Energy Laser with Integrated Optical-dazzler and Surveillance, is the latest ...

The USS Preble is the first U.S. Navy vessel equipped with HELIOS, a 60-kilowatt-class directed energy laser weapon developed by Lockheed Martin. It is also the first laser weapon integrated with the ...

search and seizure drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 17. Preble is forward-deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron ...