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Re: Request for information about DD-218
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Eric
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Date: July 27, 2004 03:05PM
Mercer,
Delighted to have you.
Not a Navy man myself but I believe it is the custom of the US Navy to name thier Destroyers (and Destroyer Escorts) after Navy/Marine personnel who have died in action. Other types of ships have other sources, and of course, it varies from country to country.
As with just about anything, there are several ways you can go about finding additional info. Here's one:
For a full explanation and history on the US Navy's ship naming convention, use a good search engine like google (www.google.com)and type in "ship naming" and click the first link titled "USN Ship Naming". Perhaps you already tried. Google was partially down yesterday due to yet another idiot with a new internet worm to showcase but seems to be working fine as I type.
Likewise with the history of the USS Parrot, if you go to google and type in "DD-218" (Parrot will give you too many erroneous hits)you'll find an excellent history including who she was named after on the second page, link 7, titled "Parrot". I also spotted several other links with some interesting information and pictures.
Perhaps this is a family member? The name is obviously the same, but also the namesake was from NC and I noticed your Bellsouth address.
Sorry not to blurt out the answer, but the investigation is half the fun sometimes.
Hope this helps.
Eric
Delighted to have you.
Not a Navy man myself but I believe it is the custom of the US Navy to name thier Destroyers (and Destroyer Escorts) after Navy/Marine personnel who have died in action. Other types of ships have other sources, and of course, it varies from country to country.
As with just about anything, there are several ways you can go about finding additional info. Here's one:
For a full explanation and history on the US Navy's ship naming convention, use a good search engine like google (www.google.com)and type in "ship naming" and click the first link titled "USN Ship Naming". Perhaps you already tried. Google was partially down yesterday due to yet another idiot with a new internet worm to showcase but seems to be working fine as I type.
Likewise with the history of the USS Parrot, if you go to google and type in "DD-218" (Parrot will give you too many erroneous hits)you'll find an excellent history including who she was named after on the second page, link 7, titled "Parrot". I also spotted several other links with some interesting information and pictures.
Perhaps this is a family member? The name is obviously the same, but also the namesake was from NC and I noticed your Bellsouth address.
Sorry not to blurt out the answer, but the investigation is half the fun sometimes.
Hope this helps.
Eric
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Request for information about DD-218 | Mercer Parrott | 07/27/2004 12:40PM |
Re: Request for information about DD-218 | Ken Dunn | 07/27/2004 02:40PM |
Re: Request for information about DD-218 | Eric | 07/27/2004 04:24PM |
Re: Request for information about DD-218 | Eric | 07/27/2004 03:05PM |