

Preston designated DD-344 on 17 July 1920 and commissioned on 23 August 1920.įollowing commissioning, William B. William Radford Beale, the eldest daughter of William B.

Preston was laid down on 18 November 1918 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia launched on 9 August 1919 sponsored by Mrs. She was named for United States Secretary of the Navy and United States Senator William B. Preston (DD-344/AVP-20/AVD-7) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. * Features the creative team of original AvP writer Randy Stradley and penciller Rick Leonardi ( Cloak and Dagger, Uncanny X-Men, Vigilante), and stunning cover art by Raymond Swanland ( Aliens, Predator).USS William B. This puts earthmen in the dangerous position of parlaying with the same alien warriors who have relentlessly hunted them, and who better to carry out the negotiations than Machiko Noguchi, the only human known to have spent time alongside the Hunters. And if the advanced technology and military precision of this new threat weren't enough, they have an even more terrifying weapon at their disposal - Aliens, weaponized and under their malefic control. A centuries-old interstellar conflict threatens humanity's very existence as a long-lost Predator clan stakes its claim for galactic dominance, intent on exterminating its rival clan, the selfsame trophy hunters who have plagued Earth's history and every world they have touched.
