USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33) began her career as a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Rear Admiral William S. Parsons (1901–1953), who worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II.
Parsons' keel was laid down 17 June 1957 by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched on 17 August 1959, sponsored by Mrs. William S. Parsons, and commissioned 29 October 1959 at Charleston, South Carolina.
USSParsons (DD-949/DDG-33) began her career as a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was named in honor of Rear Admiral William...
graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Parsons served on a variety of warships beginning with the battleship USS Idaho. He was trained in ordnance and...
Look up parsons in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Parsons may refer to: In the United States: Parsons, Kansas, a city Parsons, Missouri, an unincorporated...
class: USS Morton (DD-948) USSParsons (DD-949/DDG-33) Spruance class: USS Spruance (DD-963) USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964) USS Kinkaid (DD-965) USS Hewitt (DD-966)...
Plains (AFS-4) USSParsons (DDG-33) USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) 1968 – August 1970 USS Rupertus (DD-851) 1968 – August 1970 USS Mahopac (ATA-196) USS Francis...
destroyers: USS King (DDG-41), USS Decatur (DDG-31), and USSParsons (DDG-33); four gun destroyers USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Orleck (DD-886), USS McKean (DD-784)...
John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist...
company with USSParsons (DD-949) for escort duties. Calling at Pearl Harbor 23 November, she departed 2 days later in company with USS Midway (CV-41)...
within the Number Two 16-inch gun turret of the United States Navy battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) during a fleet exercise in the Caribbean Sea near Puerto Rico...
upcoming wedding and Parsons was suggested for the job. According to Buchholz, "It was love at first scratch", and he later moved into Parsons' parents' basement...
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