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Parle

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ClassRudderow class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-708
BuilderDefoe Shipbuilding Company, Bay City, Michigan
Launched1944-03-25
Commissioned1944-07-29
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 July 1970. The Navy later expended her as a target.
Armament (class)Destroyer escort. Two 5-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.

Parle
U.S. Navy. USS Parle (DE-708) underway on Lake Michigan c1968.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Parle, hull DE-708, belonged to the Rudderow class of destroyer escorts. Defoe Shipbuilding Company, at Bay City, Michigan, laid her down on 8 January 1944 and launched her on 25 March 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 29 July 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander James Cecil Toft Jr.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Philippines, Leyte, Manus, and Palau.

Her commissioned service ended on 1 July 1970. The Navy later expended her as a target.

The pictures on this page are the originals.