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Parks

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-165
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Port Newark, New Jersey
Launched1943-04-18
Commissioned1943-06-22
FateAfloat. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Parks
U.S. Navy. USS Parks (DE-165) underway, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Parks, hull DE-165, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, at Port Newark, New Jersey, laid her down on 11 November 1942 and launched her on 18 April 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 22 June 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Milford McQuilkin.

Her Pacific duty took her to Funafuti, Manus, the Admiralty Islands, and Espiritu Santo. She was credited with 4 battle stars.

She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.