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 reclassified as a guided missile destroyer, designation DDG-44, in 1975. She was named to honor Admiral William Veazie Pratt, a President of the Naval War College and a Chief of Naval Operations.

This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number. It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN.

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DDG-44 General Specifications. Class: Farragut-class guided missile destroyer. Complement: 21 Officers and 356 Enlisted. Displacement: 5800 tons. Length: 512.5 feet . Beam: 52 feet . Draft: 25 feet . Range: 4500Nautical Miles . Final Disposition: Disposed of sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping14 September 1995

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On 1 July 1975, WILLIAM V. PRATT was reclassified a guided missile destroyer and received the designation DDG 44. On 14 August, she departed Charleston to participate in UNITAS XVI, a series of multinational exercises conducted annually with units of various Latin American navies.

On 1 July 1975, the ship was reclassified a guided-missile destroyer and received the designation DDG-44. Soon after being reclassified, William V. Pratt was sent south to join several Latin American navies for a few months of naval exercises (called UNITAS XVI).

A port view of the guided missile destroyer USS WILLIAM V. PRATT (DDG 44) as the ship is refueled by the aircraft carrier USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62). The INDEPENDENCE is conducting post-Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) operations off the Virginia Capes.

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William V. Pratt (DLG-13) was laid down on 7 March 1958 by the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard; launched on 16 March 1960; sponsored by Mrs. William V. Pratt; and commissioned on 4 November 1961,...