USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884)

History of USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884)

USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) was founded on March 31, 1945 by Consolidated of Orange, Texas Built by Steel Corp.; sponsored by Mrs. Floyd B. Parks, widow of Major Parks; and commissioned July 31, 1945 under the command of Commander M. Slayton.

USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) arrived at her home port of San Diego on November 16, 1945 and made her first mission in the Far East on November 20, patrolling the coast of China and operating in the Chinese Mariana Islands , until she returned to San Diego on February 11, 1947. The aircraft carrier USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) served twice in the Far East in the period leading up to the Korean War, on June 13, 1950, just before the Koreans crossed the 38th parallel , 7th Fleet deployed and returned from her second such cruise.

If the war spread, she was immediately ready to resume work at Pearl Harbor and returned to San Diego on August 20.

USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) departed from San Diego on February 19, 1951, to join United Nations operations in Korea. On March 16, she joined the fast carrier task force, overseeing air operations on the East Coast, and spent 60 days on a blockade and bombardment mission at Wonsan port. She returned to San Diego on October 10, 1951, and after working on the West Coast sailed again on May 31, 1952, to serve in the Far East.

In addition to similar service to her first wartime cruise, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) was on patrol. in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait. She returned to San Diego on December 18, 1952, to begin her annual peacetime Far East cruise, interspersed with West Coast training operations and necessary maintenance.

During the 1955 Far East cruise, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) participated in the evacuation of the Tachin Islands and again collided with Columbus (CA-74) in the east on March 11, 1956, losing 2 men and a 40-foot section of the arch of her foot. The skilful work of the crew saved her ship and brought her safely to Subic Bay for temporary repairs.

On her return to Long Beach Naval Shipyard on May 14, 1956, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) replaced the damaged bow with the incomplete destroyer Lansdale (DD-766), completing repairs and installing new equipment Then in 1962, USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884) returned from the West Coast to the Far East.

Specification

Basics

Year of Service

1945

Origins

United States

Status

stop service

Destroyed, scrapped.

supplement

336

staff

Class information

Class

Transmission

Class Size

98

ships

Class

USS Transmission (DD-710); USS Eugene A Greene (DD-711); USS Gyatt (DD-712); USS Kenneth D. Bailey (DD-713/DDR-713); USS Rush (DD-714); USS William M. Wood (DD-715); USS Wesey (DD-716); USS Theodore E Chandler (DD-717); USS Hammer (DD -718); USS USS Epperson (DD-719/DDE-719); USS Frank Knox (DD-742/DDR-742); USS Southerland (DD-743); William C. Law (DD-763) ); USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764/DDE-764); USS Kepler (DD-765/DDE-765); USS Rowan (DD-782); USS Cucumber (DD-783); USS McKean (DD-784); USS Henderson (DD-785); USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786); James E. Case (DD-787); USS Hollister (DD-787) -788); USS Eversole (DD-789): USS Shelton (DD-790); USS Knights (DD-805/DDR-805); USS Higbee (DD-806); USS Benner (DD-807/DDR) -807); USS Dennis J. Buckley (DD-808); USS Corey (DD-817); USS New (DD-818); USS Bracket (DD-819); USS Rich (DD-820) USS Johnston (DD-821); USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822); USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823); USS Basilone (); USS Carpenter (); USS Agholm ( ); USS Robert A. Owens ( ); USS Timmerman ( ); USS Miles C Fox ( ); USS Everett F Larson ( ); USS Derich (); USS Hansen (); USS Herbert J Thomas (USS Herbert J Thomas); USS Turner (); USS Charles P Cecil (); USS George K McKenzie (); USS Ernest G Klein (USS Ernest G Klein); USSPower (); Glennon (); Noah (); Philippines USS Warrington (); USS Perry (); USS Bowser (); Ozbourne (); USS Robert L. Wilson (); USS Witek (); USS Richard E. Krause(); USS Joseph P. Kennedy(); USS Rupert(); USS Leonard F. Mason(); USS Charles H. Ron(); USS Fred T Berry(); USS Norris(); McCaffrey(); Harwood(); Fugusan(); USS Steineck(); Harold J. Ery USS Sen(); USS Charles R. Weir(); USS Cone(); USS Stribling(); USS Bronson(); USS Arnold J. Isbell(); USS Fichtler() ; USS D'Amato (); USS Forrest Royal (); Hawkins (); Duncan (); USS Henry W Tucker (); Rogers (); Perkins (); USS Vesole(); Leary(); USS Dyes(); USS Bordeion(); USS Furse(); USS Newman K. Perry(); USS Floyd B Park(); John R. Cray Grid (DD-885); O'Lake (DD-886); USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887); Stickel (DD-888); USS O-Hare (DD-889); USS Meredith (DD-890)

Operators

United States

Characters

Sea Bombing

Maritime bombardment/attack of surface targets/areas primarily through ship-based ballistic weapons.

Land Assault

Littoral attacks against surface targets primarily through ship-based missiles/missile weapons.

Sea Patrol

Active patrolling of critical waterways and sea areas; also serves as a local deterrent against air and maritime threats.

Airspace Denial/Deterrence

Neutralization or deterrence of flying elements by airborne missile weapon ballistics.

Fleet Support

Provide support (fire or materiel) to major surface fleets in blue water environments.

Dimensions and Weight

Length

390.5 feet

119.02m

Ray

40. 1 ft

12.22m

Draft

14.4 feet

4.39m

Shift

2,615 t

Power and Performance

Installed Power:

4 x boiler units provide 2 x shaft rear for 2 x 60,000hp GE steam turbines.

Surface Velocity

section 36.8

(42.3 km/h)

Area

4,501nm

(5,180 miles | 8,336 kilometers)

Weapon

6 x 5" (130 mm) dual-purpose (DP) main gun with turret. 12 x 40 mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft (AA) automatic cannon. 11 x 20 mm Oerlikon automatic anti-aircraft gun. 10 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

Aircraft

None.