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Pratt

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ClassJohn C. Butler class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-363
BuilderConsolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched1944-06-01
Commissioned1944-09-18
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Pratt
U.S. Navy. USS Pratt (DE-363) at anchor, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pratt, hull DE-363, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 11 April 1944 and launched her on 1 June 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 18 September 1944. Her first commanding officer was Commander Robert Hume Wanless.

Her Pacific duty took her to New Guinea, the Philippines, Manus, and the Admiralty Islands.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 May 1946. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.