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USS Pratt (DE 363)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - H - O

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row: World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Ribbon

Specifications:
Class: John C. Butler
Type: WGT (geared-turbine drive, 5" guns)
Displacement: 1350 tons (light), 1745 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 2 "D" Express boilers, 2 geared turbine engines, 12,000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 24 kts
Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 2 - 5"/38 cal. DP guns (2x1), 4 - 40mm AA (2x2), 10 - 20mm AA, 3 - 21" TT, 1 Mk10 Hedgehog, 8 Mk6 Depth Charge Projectors, 2 Mk9 Depth Charge Stern Racks
Complement: 14 / 201

Pratt (DE 363) Building and Operational Data:

11 April 1944: Keel laid at the Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.

1 June 1944: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. Malcolm L. Pratt, the widow of Malcolm Lewis Platt, Lieutenant Commander, MC, USNR

18 September 1944: Commissioned, Cmdr. Robert H. Wanless in command

14 May 1946: Decommissioned at San Pedro, Cal. after 1 year and 8 months of service

15 March 1972: Struck from the NVR

15 January 1973: Sold for scrapping

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
45k	01 June 1944: Orange, Tex. - USS *Pratt* shown being side-launched.	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
87k	undated wartime image	-
123k	undated wartime image	-

Pratt History
View the USS Pratt (DE 363) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Pratt as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Pratt's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 18 Sep. 1944 - .. Sep. 1945	Cdr. Robert Hume Wanless, USNR (Comm. CO)
2.) .. Sep. 1945 – .. Jan. 1946	Lcdr. H. E. Ellis, USNR
3.) .. Jan. 1946 – .. .... 1946	Lt. Arthur C. Beck, USNR
4.) .. .... 1946 – 14 May 1946	Lt.(jg) G. R. Walsh, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

Note About Contacts

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Additional Resources

Tin Can Sailors
The U.S. Navy Memorial
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum
The Destroyer History Foundation

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