PARSONS DDG 33 - Revision history

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	<ol>Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer<br/>		<ol>Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer<br/>
	Keel Laid June 17 1957 - Launched August 19 1958<br/><br/>		Keel Laid 17 June 1957 - Launched 19 August 1958<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS PARSONS DD-949'''<br/>		<li>'''USS PARSONS DD-949'''<br/>
	Commissioned October 29 1959 - Decommissioned January 19 1966~~<br/>~~		Commissioned 29 October 1959 - Decommissioned 19 January 1966<br/><br/>
	~~Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) March 15 1967~~<br/><br/>		<li>'''USS PARSONS DDG-33'''<br/>Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) 15 March 1967<br/>
	<li>'''USS PARSONS DDG-33'''<br/>		Recommissioned 3 November 1967 - Decommissioned 19 November 1982<br/><br/>
	Recommissioned November 3 1967 - Decommissioned November 19 1982<br/><br/>		Struck from Naval Register 15 May 1984<br/>
	Struck from Naval Register May 15 1984<br/>		Sunk as target 25 April 1989
	Sunk as target April 25 1989
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
	<td align="center" width="~~220~~" valign="top">		<td align="center" width="175" valign="top">
	[[Image:PARSONS DD PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|125px]]		[[Image:PARSONS DD PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|125px]]
			<td align="center" width="175" valign="top">
	[[Image:Parsons_DDG33_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]		[[Image:Parsons_DDG33_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]
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	<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \|Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965-75)</li>		<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Parsons DD-949 / DDG-33 Covers Page 1]]    (1965-75)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text		Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
	</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	~~Date From<br/>to~~<br/>Date To</th>		Postmark<br/>Date</th>
	<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	<h4>1st Commissioning October 29 1959 to January 19 1966</h4>		<h4>1st Commissioning 29 October 1959 to 19 January 1966</h4>

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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type<br/>FDC 2t(nu)		Locy Type<br/>FDC 2t(n+u)(USS)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1959-10-29		1959-10-29
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	<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">		<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
	Locy Type<br/>FDC 9fu		Locy Type<br/>FDC 9fu (USS)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1959-10-29		1959-10-29
	</td><td align="center" width="350">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:JohnGermann_Parsons_DD949_19591029_2a_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~300px~~]]		[[Image:JohnGermann_Parsons_DD949_19591029_2a_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JohnGermann_Parsons_DD949_19591029_2_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JohnGermann_Parsons_DD949_19591029_2_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	Commissioning. Stamped on the reverse.		Commissioning. Stamped on the reverse.
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	[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	As DD-949		As DD-949. Memorial Day, cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_3_Admiral_Farragut_ \| Admiral Farragut Chapter No. 3, USCS]]
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	<hr/>		<br/><hr/>
	<h4>2nd Commissioning November 3 1967 to November 19 1982</h4>		<h4>2nd Commissioning 3 November 1967 to 19 November 1982</h4>

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	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
	</td></tr></table>		</td></tr></table>
	As DDG-33~~<br/>~~Ships cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ \| Wolfgang Hechler]]		As DDG-33. Ships cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ \| Wolfgang Hechler]]
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	[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19751008.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19751008.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	As DDG-33~~<br/>~~		As DDG-33. USCS Postmark Catalog list as Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
	USCS Catalog list as Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons, USN (November 26 1901 - December 5 1953)		'''NAMESAKE''' - Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons, USN (26 November 1901 - 5 December 1953)<br/>Parsons was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1918 and commissioned Ensign upon graduating in June 1922. His first assignment was in the battleship Idaho (BB-42), which was followed by post-graduate study in ordnance engineering at the Navy Postgraduate School, Washington, D.C. He then served on board Texas (BB-35) before returning to Washington as Liaison Officer between the Bureau of Ordnance and the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where he aided in the early development of radar. In 1939 he was assigned as Experimental Officer at the Navy Proving Grounds, Dahlgren, Virginia, and helped to develop the radio proximity fuse for anti-aircraft shells for the fleet. On 15 June 1943 he reported to the Los Alamos Laboratory of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico, as Ordnance Division Associate Director and Officer in Charge of Project Alberta. After witnessing the first atom bomb test in New Mexico, Captain Parsons was appointed Officer-in-charge of the Overseas (Tinian, Marianas) Technical Group, and as Bomb Commander he assembled — in flight — the triggering device of Little Boy, the first atomic bomb used in combat over Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. He was next assigned as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for Special Weapons and as Deputy Commander for Technical Direction and Commander Task Group 1.1, conducting Operation Crossroads, the tests on the effectiveness of atomic weapons on naval vessels at Bikini Atoll. Parsons' portrait is among a series of paintings related to Operation Crossroads. Having served as Commodore from 10 August 1945, and as temporary Rear Admiral from 8 January 1946 to 7 August 1947, he was promoted to Rear Admiral 1 July 1948. After serving in various ordnance billets and as a member of the Atomic Energy Commission, he was ordered to duty as Deputy and Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department. While serving in this capacity, he died suddenly of a heart attack, aged 52, on 05 December 1953. Parsons was buried at Arlington National Cemetery<br/><br/>
			The ships sponsor was Mrs. William Parsons, widow of RAdm Parsons.
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	[[Image:PARSONS DD PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|125px]]		[[Image:PARSONS DD PATCH.jpg\|thumb\|center\|125px]]
	[[Image:Parsons_DDG33_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]]		[[Image:Parsons_DDG33_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]]
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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \|Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965-68)</li>		<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \|Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965-75)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	As DDG-33<br/>Ships cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ \| Wolfgang Hechler]]		As DDG-33<br/>Ships cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ \| Wolfgang Hechler]]
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			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>9eft(n+u) (USS)
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1975-10-08
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19751008 pm9.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19751008.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			As DDG-33<br/>
			USCS Catalog list as Type 9ef(n+u) (USS)
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>

	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	'''NAMESAKE''' - Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons, USN (November 26 1901 - December 5 1953)		'''NAMESAKE''' - Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons, USN (November 26 1901 - December 5 1953)

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	<li>'''USS PARSONS DDG-33'''<br/>		<li>'''USS PARSONS DDG-33'''<br/>
	Recommissioned November 3 1967 - Decommissioned November 19 1982<br/><br/>		Recommissioned November 3 1967 - Decommissioned November 19 1982<br/><br/>
	~~Stricken~~ May 15 1984<br/>		Struck from Naval Register May 15 1984<br/>
	Sunk as target April 25 1989		Sunk as target April 25 1989
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
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	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \|Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965)</li>		<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 \|Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965-68)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>		Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	1965-05-30		1965-05-30
	</td><td align="center" width="~~320~~">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 ~~19650530~~ pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530r pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">
	[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
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	<h4>2nd Commissioning November 3 1967 to November 19 1982</h4>		<h4>2nd Commissioning November 3 1967 to November 19 1982</h4>

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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type<br/>2(n+) (USS)
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1968-01-05
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19680105 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:JonBurdett parsons ddg33 19680105.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			As DDG-33
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	1980-06-05		1980-06-05
	</td><td align="center" width="~~220~~">		</td><td align="center" width="350">
	[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
	</td><td align="center" width="120">		</td><td align="center" width="120">

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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Forrest Sherman Class Destroyer<br/>
Keel Laid June 17 1957 - Launched August 19 1958<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PARSONS DD-949'''<br/>
Commissioned October 29 1959 - Decommissioned January 19 1966<br/>
Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) March 15 1967<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PARSONS DDG-33'''<br/>
Recommissioned November 3 1967 - Decommissioned November 19 1982<br/><br/>
Stricken May 15 1984<br/>
Sunk as target April 25 1989
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">
[[Image:PARSONS DD PATCH.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
[[Image:Parsons_DDG33_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|125px]]
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li>[[USS PARSONS DDG-33_Covers_Page_1 |Parsons Covers Page 1]]    (1965)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<hr/>
<h4>1st Commissioning October 29 1959 to January 19 1966</h4>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2t(n+u) (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1965-05-30
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett parsons dd949 19650530.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DD-949





<hr/>
<h4>2nd Commissioning November 3 1967 to November 19 1982</h4>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2-1n+ (USS)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1980-06-05
</td><td align="center" width="220">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Parsons_DDG33_19800605_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As DDG-33<br/>Ships cachet, serviced by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]]

<p> </p>

<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons, USN (November 26 1901 - December 5 1953)



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