Floyd Parks (DD 884) - Naval Cruise Book

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FM: CTF 75 12 JUNE 1950 TO: TG 75.1 BEFORE SHIPS AND AIR GROUP PEEL OFF FROM BOXER TOMORROW I WANT TO TELL ALL HANDS OF TASK FORCE ZEBRA HOW VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU HAVE PLAYED BALL THROUGHOUT THE CRUISE X YOU ARE A SMART ALERT SMOOTH WORKING OUTFIT AND I HAVE BEEN PROUD OF YOU IN EVERY OPERATION X GOOD BYE GOOD LUCK AND A HEARTY WELL DONE X HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY REUNION WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS AND A REST FROM YOUR LABORS X YOU CERTAINLY HAVE EARNED IT 'X RADM BOONE ....... FM: CTF 75 05 JUNE 1950 TO: TF 75 THE SECOND LEG OF OUR HOMEWARD VOYAGE ENDS WITH A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL EXERCISE IN WHICH THE PERFORMANCE OF SHIPS AND PLANES HAS BEEN MOST GRATI- FYING X ...... A . X RADM BOONE ...... FM: COMSEVENTHFLT 27 MAY 1950 TO: SEVENTH FLEET TASK FORCE ZEBRA LEAVES THE SEVENTH FLEET WITH A FINE RECORD OF ACCOM- PLISHMENT IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC X YOU HAVE SET A HIGH STANDARD OF COMBAT READINESS COMDR SEVENTH FLEET WISHES ALL HANDS A PLEASANT VOYAGE HOME X TO RADM BOONE AND THE OF- FICERS AND MEN OF THE TASK FORCE CMA WELL DONE ....... FM: RDO SASEBO MARCH 1950 TO: PARKS CRAIG ORLECK BASS FOR ALL OFFICERS X THE OFFICERS OF FLEET ACTIVITIES PLUS JACKSAN AND JANESEY REGRET SEEING YOU GO AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST OF LUCK lBTl FM: CTG 96.8 TO: TG 96.8 IN: COM7TH FLT IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO HAVE OUR TWO WESTERN PACIFIC FORCES WORKING TOGETHER X STEADY IMPROVE- MENT IN OUR OPERATION HAS BEEN APPARENT EACH DAY X WELL DONE TO ALL HANDS X HOPE WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER RENDEZVOUS IN THE NEAR FUTURE X SIGNED REAR ADM BOONE BT ....... FM: COMCRUDIV 30 MARCH 1950 TO: COMDESDIV ELEVEN ON THE EVE OF voUR DEPARTURE TO JOIN THE SEVENTH FLT I WISH TO COMMEND ALL HANDS OF YOUR DIVISION FOR THE OUTSTANDING NIANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE CARRIED oUT THEIR DUTIES IN sUP- PORTING THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN x WELL DONE fBTl ' FM: COMCRUDIV 12 JUNE 1950 TO: DESRON ONEICTF 75fCOMDESDlV 12 ON THE EVE OF OUR DEPARTURE TO BASE FOR OPERATION LEAVE AND RECREATION I WISH AGAIN TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR THE COOPERATIVE AYE AYE AND THOROUGH AND SUCCESSFUL MANNER IN WHICH YOUR SHIPS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THEIR VARIED TASK DURING THE PAST EIGHT MONTHS WE HAVE BEEN IN COMPANY X I DISLIKE SEEING A SMART EFFICIENT OUTFIT BROKEN UP BUT IN THIS INSTANCE WE HAVE KNOWN OUR JOBS AND WE RATE THE PLEASANTRIES OF OUR NEW OPERATION X YOUR PERSONNEL RATE THEIR REWARD IN THEIR REUNION WITH FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES X GOOD BYE FOR NOW GOOD LUCK AND A WELL DONE T HAT WAS EARNED BY LONG AND POSITIVE PERFORMANCE X HERES HOPING WE MEET AGAIN BT ...... FM: COMNAVPHIL 20 MAY 1950 TO: COM7THFLT 7THFLT IN: NAVSTA SUBIC SANGLEY UPON DEPARTURE OF THE SHIPS OF YOUR COMMAND FROM PHILIPPINE WATERS I WISH TO EXPRESS THE GREAT PLEASURE THAT HAS BEEN OURS IN HAVING YOU HERE WITH US X THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF YOUR COMMAND HAVE CONDUCTED THEM- SELVES IN AN OUTSTANDING MANNER AND HAVE LEFT NOTHING TO BE DESIRED X THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU HAVE ALL LEFT UPON THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND FOREIGN COLONY SHALL LONG BE REMEMBERED X MAY EACH AND EVERY ONE-OF YOUR HAVE A PLEASANT CRUISE HOME AND SOON HAVE A HAPPY REUNION WITH YOUR FAMILIES BT ....... FM: COMCARDIV 25 MAY 1950 TO: COMDESRON ONE IF B PARKSIJR CRAIGlGUADALUPElBOXER IN: COM7THFLT COMCARDIV 5 DEEPLY GRATIFIED TO QUOTE FOLLOWING LTR FROM COMMISSIONER OF POLICE AT SINGAPORE TO US CONSUL GENERAL QUOTE SIR X DURING THE RECENT VISIT OF THE AMERICAN FLT THERE WAS ONLY ONE POLICE REPORT CMA AND THAT WAS A CASE OF SIMPLE ROBBERY X PARA X CONSIDERING THE LARGE NUMBER OF MEN ON SHORE LEAVE THIS IS A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF CMA AND ON BEHALF OF THE SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE CMA I WISH TO CONVEY TO YOU OUR APPRECIATION ON YOUR ADMINISTRATION OF THE EXEMPLA- TORY STANDARD OF DISCIPLINE AND GOOD BEHAVIOR WHICH WAS DISPLAYED X I HAVE THE HONOR TO BE CMA SIR CMA YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT CMA R E FOLGAR UN- QUOTE X COMCARDIV 5 CONGRATULATES THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS FINE RECORD AND RECOMMENDS THAT THIS BE PUB- LISHED TO SHIPS COMPANYH BT ...... I

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love's labor Won CThey've Had It Seven Parks did a wooing go, Esther's hand to gain. By force they went aboard Shoal Haven One black night midst rain. Quickly tieing the 0.0.D. They crashed into the wardroomg Then fighting elbow, hand and knee- Great Guns! they lowered the boom. The battle raged o'er chairs, through doors, No quarter asked nor given, As speaks the blood upon the floors We had successfully striven. 21 February 1950 USS FLOYD B. PARKS CDD-8845 Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan. To say both sides did fight with vim Would be to underestimate. Their purpose being never dim, The highest praise they rate. For when a lady's favor is at stake, The conflict ne'er will end, Until without a doubt, you make Her smile and condescend. Now she's in her champion's home, Aboard the Floyd B. Parks. She's happy here and will not roam, You see, we've made our marks. THE GREAT QD BARD gills fffvlfll f -'S Ai .- Lxfx J .,-N l. v , Lf -- -3- - - -I f .,-g,,'- tfm- Let's Gu A restful, zestful Pacific cruise on a country club afloat is what Mrs. K. F. Carraher says of her voyage on the S. S. President Wilson. Forty-two enchanted days and nights of rest, fun and sun-with exciting visits to the fabled ports of the Far East. Hong Kong, the fabulous, is one of five exotic Pacific and Far East ports you will visit on your Pacific Cruise. When you sail into Hong Kong harbor, you enter one of the most beautiful harbors in the world-an unforgettable sight. Hong Kong also offers many wonderful bargains in silks, jade, ivory, and objects of art. Your Pacific Cruise will also take you to lovely, languorous Hawaii . . . charming Manila . . . Yokohama, with its beautiful gardens and temples. . .and Kobe, gateway to Southern Japan. Courtesy of Time Magazine's advertisement of American President Lines.

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RUSTER If we have inadvertently omitted the name of a shipmate, our apologies to him. Blackburn, Elmer E. Bres, Harold A. Jr. Busch, Francis B. Claudius, Herbert G. Cohen, Albert G. Cole, R. K. Stewart Emerson, Arthur T. Jr. Bost, Joseph W. Carroll, Arbelle Christiansen, Harry J. Crockett, James R. Drescher, Roy L. Dunbar, Ray M. Frank, Stanley Gilchrist, Wayne L. Jr. Gould, Winston R. Hanel, Edward Abney, Charles J. Acosta, Pedro P. Acuna, Fernando G. Alanzo, Colbert J. L. Jr. Albright, Robert L. Alexander, Cecil G. Allen, Aubrey G. Allen, Wyatt Alvarado, Eziquiel Andal, Elmer O. Appleton, Milton R. Armstrong, Walter E. Balajadia, Ragmon I. Baluyot, Florencio E. Barnes, Thomas Jr. Baucum, William R. Beach, Albert J. Jr. Beck, Oren E. Bettfruend, Charles I. Bjurstrom, Virgil W. Blakeslee, Norman D. Boutwell, Charles A. Bramlette, James H. Brock, William I. Brown, Charles R. Brown, Leland J. Brumley, George Buffington, Robert L. Bulla, George H. Bullock, Everett R. Burcham, Thomas A. Burkett, Willie S. Camp, Thomas C. Capshaw, Thomas E. OFFICERS Enquist, Edwin R. Glenn, Stuart V. Hallman, Albert B. Hart, William J. III Hutchinson, Marvin S. Karcher, Daniel M. Peterson, Melvin F. CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS Helton, Johnnie W. Henery, John J. Johnson, Clarence L. Joyner, John E. McGraner, Everett J. Miller, James E. Mohn, Charles H. Nahgonbe, Henry L. Jr. Nottingham, Cecil N. Owen, Ben G. CREW Carey, Marvin O. Jr. Carter, Ralph Jr. Cavanaugh, Gerald L. Chighizola, William B. Christiansen, Julius J. Clark, Robert E. Cobis, James E. Cole, George M. Colquett, George M. Conley, Oslie S. Conner, Austin M. Cooper, Johnnie D. Cox, James E. Crawford, Bob S. Crawford, Charles W. Crowley, Lawrence F. Crowley, William R. Damaske, Robert H. Dancer, Don L. DeLong, Robert L. Djerf, John G. Dexheimer, Walter R. Jr. Duffourc, Armond J. Durbin, Thomas Ellis, John S. III Ellis, Ted J. England, Clinton W. Everett, Curtis S. Fadness, Robert K. Farr, Frank D. Fields, Earl S. Firme, Bienvenido Fisher, Ed. R. Forsythe, Horace G. Sanders, Roy N. Shea, Lewis A. Jr. Stanford, Carl C. Trejo, Paul E. Weidman, Robert M. Jr Winn, Walter C. Petzhold, Robert L. Preston, Donald E. Price, Delbert E. Rawson, Ralph E. Stevens, Curtis S. Taylor, William H. Tye, Robert C. Walton, Ben M. Wehn, Elwood H. Franzee, Wayne N. Gibson, Gorman L. Gifford, James P. Gilmore, Frederick J. K. Godden, Forrest L. Jr. Gooch, Robert L. Greear, James L. Guanciale, Richard C. Gunn, Maynard R. Gunn, Ralph W. Gutierrez, Derly M. Gutierrez, Reymundo Hall, Louis W. Hardee, Richard C. Jr. Harden, Kenneth Harmon, Harley Harris, Paul D. Hatten, Ray G. Haun, Carl E. Hendrix, Lorraine O. Herber, Kenneth S. Herrero, Angel C. Hinkley, Alexander A. Hinson, James E. Hodgins, Willis L. Hogan, James L. Horowitz, Paul House, Richard E. Hudson, Otis S. Hughes, Freddie D Hunter, Ashel Hunter, Wilbert E. Jackson, George W. Johnson, Thomas B.