USS Parris Island
USS Parris Island | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Parris Island |
| Namesake | Parris Island |
| Builder | Willamette Iron and Steel Works, Portland, Oregon |
| Laid down | 10 May 1943 |
| Launched | 8 July 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 October 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 19 June 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 August 1947 |
| Fate | Sold, 1948, foundered 1989, scrapped in situ 1996 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | PCE-842-class patrol craft |
| Displacement | 850 long tons (864 t) |
| Length | 184 ft 6 in (56.24 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15.7 knots (29.1 km/h; 18.1 mph) |
| Complement | 110 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × single 20 mm gun mounts |
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USS Parris Island (AG-72) was a patrol craft escort named for Parris Island, South Carolina (part of the Sea Islands chain, and home to Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island since 1915).
Originally built as PCE–901, she was laid down on 10 May 1943 by the Willamette Iron and Steel Corporation of Portland, Oregon; launched on 8 July 1943; reclassified USS Parris Island (AG–72) on 28 April 1944; and placed in service on 30 October 1944.