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USS Parks (DE 165)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 4 stars - World War II Victory Medal
Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201
Parks (DE 165) Building and Operational Data:
  • 11 November 1942: Keel laid by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Port Newark, N.J.
  • 18 April 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Patricia Yoder
  • 23 June 1943: Commissioned at the New York Navy Yard, Lcdr Milford McQuilkin, USNR, in command
  • 29 November 1945: Reported to the Commander, 16th Fleet (Inactive), at Green Cove Springs, Fla.
  • March 1946: Decommissioned
  • 1 July 1972: Stricken from the NVR
  • 15 October 1973: Sold for scrapping
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    Parks 49k Charles Wellman Parks, born 22 March 1863 at Woburn, Mass., was commissioned Civil Engineer 19 July 1897. He was appointed Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks with the rank of Rear Admiral 11 January 1918. He was transferred to the retired list 1 December 1921. He received the Distinguished Service Medal "for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks." He died 25 June 1930 at Washington, D.C.

    USS Parks (DE 165) (1943-1946) was the first ship to be named in his honor.

    		Bill Gonyo
    Osterhaus 125k 18 April 1943: Port Newark, N.J. - Left: Miss Patricia Yoder, grand-niece of the ship's namesake and sponsor for USS Parks (DE 165); Right: Miss Helen Osterhaus, sponsor of USS Osterhaus (DE 164).
    Parks 80k undated wartime image (You have to look hard, but that's Jane's brother, Lcdr E. Reber Casstevens standing on the port bridge extension.) Jane Casstevens Ferguson
    Memorabilia
    Launch Invitation
    Osterhaus
    Courtesy of
    S. Dale Hargrave    		 Launch Cover
    Parks
    Courtesy of
    S. Dale Hargrave
    View the USS Parks (DE 165) DANFS history entry
    located on the Naval History and Heritage Command website.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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    Destroyer Escort Sailors Association
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    The Destroyer History Foundation
    USS Parks Page at Military.Com
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