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Admiral William Veazie Pratt, USN (1869 - 1957). Graduate U. S. Naval Academy, 1889, and the 5th Chief of Naval Operations (17 September 1930 - 30 June 1933). Admiral Pratt was born in Belfast, Maine, the great-great-grandson of Bridget Collier (1740 - 1795) and Aaron Pratt (1734 - 1811), of Cohasset, Mass. He was of the 9th generation of American Colliers, and of the 8th generation of Pratts. The immigrant Pratt was Phineas, who came to New England on the "Sparrow" in 1622.
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