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S hips istory USS Floyd B. PARKS is named in honor of Major Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC, a Marine Aviator reported missing in action on june 4, l942, in defense of Midway Island. PARKS is a Gearing Class Destroyer built by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas . Mrs . Floyd B. Parks, widow of the late Major, sponsored the ship at launching ceremonies on March 31, l945. After the commissioning and Shakedown cruise, the ship was assigned to the Pacific Fleet. San Diego California has been PARKS' home port throughout her 23 years of service. In l963 she completed the Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization QFRAM D Program at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. PARKS has deployed to the Western Pacific seventeen times . She has visited such ports as Hong Kong, Subixc Bay, Pearl Harbor, Sasebo, Kobe, ' Yokosuka, Singapore, Kaohsiung, Da Nang, Okinawa, Beppu, Nagoya, C-uam, Chinhae, and Midway .
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CY u.s.s. FLOYD B. PARKS CDD-8841 Message from the Captain to All Hands: Our 1968 cruise, January to August, in FLOYD B. PARKS may well become a substantial part of our fondest memories. No lives were lost, no substantial damage was sustained, and yet every commitment was mst. Almost every conceivable task a destroyer can be called upon to undertake was as- signed, and promptly accomplished. You made it so. This was the seventeenth cruise of FLOYD B. PARKS to WEBTPAC and the third one to the Vietnam area of combat operations, The hours were long and hard. We steamed over l+7,19l. miles, mostly at Condition III and Condition II, and there were no complaints. We all knew wiv we were there. But then it wasn't all work. Think back to the liberty in Subic , Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Singapore and Yokosuka. It seems we played hard toog and that's as it should be. And who could ever forget the crossing the line ceremony at the equator? It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. This cruise book is designed to help you recall all these details, and to enrich your memories of our 1968 sojourn together. To this team I say: WELL DONE, gentlemen. Hay you have smooth sailing and following seas. with fond regards, B. J. RICARDO R 7-1969 'W' 1 va LAY ml! ifn WWE 6.11 1 We cmamer, u. s. x E
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Bottom center: Ms. Floyd B. Parks, sponsor of the ship, at launching ceremonies.
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