Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer escort

USS Parks

Cannon-class destroyer escort

USS Parks
U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Parks (DE-165) underway, circa in 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Parks23 June 1943 — March 1946802 days of the war
Cannon-class destroyer escort Particulars
Name
USS Parks
Builder
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey
Laid down
11 November 1942
Launched
18 April 1943
Commissioned
23 June 1943
Decommissioned
March 1946
Struck
1 July 1972
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 15 October 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,240 long tons (1,260 t)
Length
93.27 m (306 ft) OA
Beam
10.97 m (36 ft)
Draught
3.35 m (11 ft)
Speed
21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
Range
10,800 nmi (20,002 km)
Complement
216
Main gun
76 mm (3 in)

USS Parks was a Cannon-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newark, New Jersey laid her keel on 11 November 1942. Launched on 18 April 1943, she entered service on 23 June 1943.

79 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Buckley-class destroyer escort and was succeeded by the Edsall-class destroyer escort.

Displacement was 1,240 long tons. She measured 93.3 m (306 ft) long with a beam of 11.0 m (36 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 216. Her main battery was of 76 mm (3.0 in) calibre.

She was in commission for 802 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in March 1946. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1972.

She was broken up for scrap on 15 October 1973.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Armament
  • 3 single × Mk.22 3"/50 caliber guns
  • 8 × 20 mm Mk.4 AA guns
  • 3 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 1 × Hedgehog Mk.10 anti-submarine mortar (144 rounds)
  • 8 × Mk.6 depth charge projectors
  • 2 × Mk.9 depth charge tracks

Sister ships

54 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Parks on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons