USN · Captain

Parker, Elton Council

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/parker_elton_c.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Suwannee (CVE-27) Captain from 16 November 1945 · Relieved on 29 March 1946

Captain Elton Council Parker was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1924. He commanded USS Suwannee (CVE-27) from 16 November 1945 to 29 March 1946. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of rear admiral.

Sources: NavSource CVE-27 COs (navsource.org).