USS Floyd B. Parks [SEP] vessel class
USS Floyd B. Parks
USS "Floyd B. Parks" (DD-884) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was scrapped in 1974.
History.
USS "Floyd B. Parks" was named for Major Floyd B. Parks USMC (1911–1942). The destroyer was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 30 October 1944, launched on 31 March 1945 by Mrs. Floyd B. Parks, widow of Major Parks and commissioned on 31 July 1945.
"Floyd
a great circle route for San Diego in order to catch up to USS "Dennis J. Buckley" and USS "Hanson" who left ahead of "Floyd B. Parks". "Floyd B. Parks" met the other destroyers at the entrance to San Diego Harbor after a four-day chase and arrived home on schedule on 4 August. "Hanson" officially returned to San Diego, on 4 August 1971, after a full 6-month deployment.
The next month was spent in a "stand down" status with the