Kammala wannan jumla:
Ya kasance a kan jirgin ruwa don yawon shakatawa na duniya a 1843 <unk> 1845, ya dauki jirgin farko na Amurka don sauka a kasar Sin. A cikin Yakin Mexico da Amurka, ya shiga cikin kama Alvarado, Veracruz, da Tuxpan. Ya zama maigidan a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1847, kuma laftanar a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 1848. Yayin da yake aiki a kan jirgin ruwa, ya tafi tare da Matthew C. Perry zuwa Japan a 1853, lokacin da Preble ya bincika tashar jiragen ruwa daban-daban a Gabas ta Tsakiya.