WILLIAM V PRATT DDG 44

Ship Name and Designation History

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Farragut Class Destroyer Leader Ordered 23 July 1956 as Destroyer Leader DL-13 Farragut Class Guided Missile Frigate Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) 14 November 1956 Keel Laid 1 March 1958 - Launched 16 March 1960 USS WILLIAM V. PRATT DLG-13 Commissioned 4 November 1961 - Decommissioned September 1972 Recommissioned 6 October 1973 USS WILLIAM V. PRATT DDG-44 Redesignated Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 1 July 1975 Decommissioned 30 September 1991 Struck from Naval Register 20 November 1992 Sold 14 September 1995 and scrapped

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1. USS William V. Pratt DLG-13 / DDG-44 Covers Page 1    (1971-1991)

 

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning 4 November 1961 to September 1972

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n) (USS)

1961-11-04

As DLG-13. Commissioning.

 

Locy Type 2(n) (USS)

1962-03-16

As DLG-13. Tin Can Fleet cachet.

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS)

1971-01-22

As DLG-13

 

Locy Type 9ef(nu) (USS)

1971-01-27

As DLG-13. Serviced by Thad Kaczkowski.

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2nd Commissioning 6 October 1973 to 30 September 1991

 

Locy Type FDR 2(n+) ("DLG")

1973-10-06

As DLG-13. Recommissioned, cachet by USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1976-07-04

As DDG-44. International Naval Review, cachet by USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1976-10-06

As DDG-44. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1977-11-04

As DDG-44. 16th Anniversary, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner, sponsored by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (DDG,USS)

1982-10-01

Decommissioning of the USS Detector MSO-429. Cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) 1978

1979-02-10

As DDG-44. Port visit, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (USS) 1984

1986-07-18

As DDG-44

 

Locy Type 2-1(n) (USS)

1991-03-02

As DDG-44

 

Locy Type 9-1(n+u) (USS omitted)

1983-12-01

As DDG-44

 

Locy Type LDPS 2-1(n) (USS)

1991-09-27

As DDG-44. Last Day of Postal Service. Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Other Information

William V. Pratt DDG-44 earned 1 Battle Star for her Vietnam War service.

NAMESAKE - Admiral William Veazie Pratt, USN (28 February 1869 – 25 November 1957).
Ensign Pratt graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1889 and retired as an Admiral in July 1933. Pratt was a veteran of the Spanish-American War (1898), the Philippine-American War (1899) and World War I.
Pratt served in a wide variety of billets and command positions ending his career as the Chief of Naval Operations (September 1930 - July 1933).

 

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