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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Admiral William V. Pratt was born on February 28, 1869, in Belfast, Maine. He was the son of Nichols Pratt, who entered the Union Navy in August 1862 as an acting master’s mate and was promoted to acting master in April 1865 during the Civil War.<ref name="PrattBio">{{cite web |title=Admiral William Veazie Pratt • Chapter 1 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/_Topics/history/_Texts/WHEWVP/1*.html |website=Penelope (University of Chicago) |accessdate=July 2025}}</ref> |
Admiral William V. Pratt was born on February 28, 1869, in Belfast, Maine. He was the son of Nichols Pratt, who entered the Union Navy in August 1862 as an acting master’s mate and was promoted to acting master in April 1865 during the Civil War.<ref name="PrattBio">{{cite web |title=Admiral William Veazie Pratt • Chapter 1 |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/_Topics/history/_Texts/WHEWVP/1*.html |website=Penelope (University of Chicago) |access-date=12 July 2025}}</ref> |
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==Naval career== |
==Naval career== |
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