Floyd Parks (DD 884) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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Bottom center: Ms. Floyd B. Parks, sponsor of the ship, at launching ceremonies.

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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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C0mmcmcz'z'ng Ofjiber CDR B. I. RICARDO, USN

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