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This webpage reproduces part of
Admiral William Veazie Pratt

by
Gerald E. Wheeler

U. S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C.
1974

The text is in the public domain.

This page has been carefully proofread
and I believe it to be free of errors.
If you find a mistake though,
please let me know!

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This site is not affiliated with the US Naval Academy.

 p427  Abbreviations Used

AC

Collier

AD

Destroyer Tender

ADM

Admiral

AG

Miscellaneous Auxiliary

AH

Hospital Ship

AIRRONS

Aircraft Squadrons, Battle Fleet

AP

Transport

ASW

Antisubmarine Warfare

AVG

Aircraft Escort Vessel

BATDIV

Battleship Division

BATDIVS

Battleship Divisions, Battle fleet

BATFLT

Battle Fleet

BATFOR

Battle Force, United States Fleet

BB

Battleship

BM

Monitor

BUNAV

Bureau of Navigation

C

Cruiser

CA

Heavy Cruiser

CAPT

Captain

CDR

Commander (rank)

CINCAF

Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet

CINCPACFLT

Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet

CINCUS

Commander in Chief, United States Fleet

CL

Light Cruiser

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

COL

Colonel

COM

Commander (position)

CRUDIVSCOFOR

Cruiser Divisions, Scouting Force

CV

Aircraft Carrier

CVE

Aircraft Carrier, Escort

DD

Destroyer

DESFORPACFLT

Destroyer Force, Pacific Fleet

DESRON

Destroyer Squadron

D/S

Department of State

ENS

Ensign

FTD

Fleet Training Division

FY

Fiscal Year

G. B.

General Board of the Navy

H. M. S.

His (Her) Majesty's Ship (British)

IJN

Imperial Japanese Navy

J. B.

Joint Army-Navy Board

LCDR

 p428  Lieutenant Commander

LCMD

Library of Congress, Manuscript Division

LT

Lieutenant

LTA

Lighter-than‑Air Craft

LT (j.g.)

Lieutenant (Junior Grade)

MSS

Manuscripts

NA

U. S. National Archives and Records Service

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NHD

Naval History Division (Operational Archives)

NWC

Naval War College

PG

Gunboat

PR

River Gunboat

PY

Yacht

RADM

Rear Admiral

RG

Record Group

RN

Royal Navy

SECNAV/CNO

Central Classified Records of the Secretary of the Navy/Chief of Naval Operations

SC

Supply Corps
and also Secret-Confidential Files

SCTGFLT

Scouting Fleet

SS

Merchant Ship; Submarine

USA

United States Army

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USN

United United States Navy

USNA

United States Naval Academy

USNR

United States Navy Reserve

VADM

Vice Admiral

WVP

William Veazie Pratt


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