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    Naval Operations from 1930 to 1933. William V. Pratt was born in Belfast, Maine. He was the son of Nichols Pratt, who served in the Union Navy during...
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    USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13/DDG-44) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was commissioned in 1961 as DLG-13 and...
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  • William or Billy Pratt may refer to: William Abbott Pratt (1818–1879), American photographer William B. Pratt (1935–2019), American physician and politician...
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    The action was controversial, with retired Chief of Naval Operations William V. Pratt stating that the island was useless to the Army as a staging base and...
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    Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur and Navy CNO Admiral William V. Pratt, reached an agreement modifying the joint action statement by assigning...
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    Christopher Michael Pratt (born June 21, 1979) is an American actor and producer. Pratt rose to prominence in the late 2000s for playing Andy Dwyer in...
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    and implementing the concept of naval aviation into naval doctrine. William V. Pratt became the fifth Chief of Naval Operations on 17 September 1930, after...
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  • million in stock. Steven Ross (Class of 1955), military historian, William V. Pratt Chair in Military History at the United States Naval War College, awarded...
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  • USS Pratt may refer to: USS Pratt (DE-363), a destroyer escort USS William V. Pratt, a destroyer This article includes a list of ships with the same or...
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    Roosevelt appointed him Chief of Naval Operations, replacing William V. Pratt. Unlike Pratt, who had been content being primus inter pares among the bureau...
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    and Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke, then an ensign. Admiral William V. Pratt, then in command of the division to which Arizona was assigned, thought...
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    effect cuts in the Navy's budget, and his representative, Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, negotiated the London Naval Treaty that limited naval construction...
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    destroyer (1934) List of United States Navy destroyer leaders Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships (1970/71) p.432 Polmar, Norman "The U.S. Navy: Shipboard...
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    technological advancement of its equipment. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral William V. Pratt wanted approval of his proposition that all naval aviation including...
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    Katherine Eunice Schwarzenegger Pratt (born December 13, 1989) is an American author. Her books have covered various subjects, including self-harm, adultery...
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    General of the Armies with its de facto five-star rank, as retired CNO William V. Pratt warned King in January 1944. Marshall opposed any higher grade, saying...
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  • 1926) Vice Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer, USN (1926-1927) Vice Admiral William V. Pratt, USN (1927-1928) Vice Admiral Louis M. Nulton, USN (26 June 1928 -...
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    proceeding with the American light cruiser design can be focused to Admiral William V. Pratt, who overrode the vehement objections of the General Board. Under the...
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    Operations Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid - Commander Sixteenth Fleet Admiral William V. Pratt - Chief of Naval Operations Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. - Commander...
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    (1867–1947) September 10, 1927 May 21, 1929 290 days 15 Pratt, William VeazieAdmiral William V. Pratt (1869–1957) June 26, 1928 May 21, 1929 329 days 16 Nulton...
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    William H. Plackett John Cyril Porte Carol M. Pottenger Colin Powell William V. Pratt Joseph W. Prueher Sean A. Pybus Arthur W. Radford (4 awards) Marion...
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  • Battle Fleet flagship. Battleship Division Four, under Rear Admiral William Veazie Pratt, comprised Arizona (BB-39) (F), under Captain J. R. Y. Blakely, Nevada (BB-36)...
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    entirely on his shoulders. A Court of Inquiry led by Rear Admiral William V. Pratt and aided by Captains George C. Day and David F. Sellers recommended...
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    there during the administrations of Admirals Charles F. Hughes and William V. Pratt. Detached on June 28, 1931, Van Valkenburgh received command of the...
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    trials were ever done with production units. Chief of Naval Operations William V. Pratt offered the hulk of O'Brien-class destroyer Ericsson, but prohibited...
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  • Pratt is the younger of two daughters born to Sally and William P. Pratt. She attended East Lansing High School. As of August 2015[update], Pratt was...
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    USS Akron on 4 April 1933, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral William V. Pratt, listed King as his fourth choice for the position, after Rear Admirals...
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    instructors included four future Chiefs of Naval Operations: William S. Benson, William V. Pratt, William D. Leahy and Ernest J. King. In 1905 he took an instructional...
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    Macdonough DL-8 Coontz DLG-9 King DLG-10 Mahan DLG-11 Dahlgren DLG-12 William V. Pratt DLG-13 Dewey DLG-14 Preble DLG-15 Leahy DLG-16 Leahy-class cruiser...
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  • William Pratt (1732–1770) was an Anglican priest in Ireland. Pratt was born in Northamptonshire, the son of the Rev. David Pratt of Plumton, and was educated...
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