Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - Ọ nọ n'agha Florida
N'afọ 1841, ọ nọkwa n'ụgbọ mmiri nke ga-aga gburugburu ụwa n'afọ 1843 ruo 1845, na-eburu ndị agha America mbụ rutere China. N'agha Mexico na America, o sonyere na ijide Alvarado, Veracruz, na Tuxpan. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi na July 15, 1847, na onye lieutenant na February 5, 1848. Mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na frigate, ọ gara na Matthew C. Perry na Japan na 1853, n'oge nke Preble nyochara ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri dị iche iche na Far East.