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Thaddeus Parker

Class	John C. Butler class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-369
Builder	Consolidated Steel Corporation, Orange, Texas
Launched	1944-08-26
Commissioned	1944-10-25
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 1 September 1967. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Destroyer escort. Two 5-inch guns and one funnel, on a shorter hull.
Command	Stoneleigh, Duane Rice Commanding officer from 25 October 1944

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.

Thaddeus Parker, hull DE-369, belonged to the John C. Butler class of destroyer escorts. Consolidated Steel Corporation, at Orange, Texas, laid her down on 23 May 1944 and launched her on 26 August 1944. The Navy commissioned her on 25 October 1944. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Duane Rice Stoneleigh.

Her Pacific duty took her to Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 1 battle star.

Her commissioned service ended on 1 September 1967. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.