Photo #: NH 68599-KN (Color)
Insignia: USS William V. Pratt (DLG-13)
Cloth jacket patch featuring the ship's emblem adopted after
a shipboard design competition in 1961. It was designed by Seaman
Apprentice Henry M. Bernard III, USN.
The design features an eagle and an "old-fashioned"
anchor, symbolic of the Nation and the traditions of the Navy.
These are surrounded by missiles in orbital paths, representing
the modern technical Navy. The four stars below the anchor indicate
the rank of the ship's name source, Admiral William Veazie Pratt,
USN. The motto, translated "lethal when danger comes",
is derived from an address delivered by Admiral Pratt in 1927.
The square knots in the border symbolize the unslipping strength
of the Navy.
Courtesy of Captain G.F. Swainson, USN, 1969.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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