USS Parle ( DE - 708 ) USS " Parle " ( DE - 708 ) , a of the United States Navy , was laid down on 8 January 1944 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company , in Bay City , Michigan . She was launched on 25 March 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Harry V . Parle , mother of Ensign John Joseph Parle , and commissioned in New Orleans on 29 July 1944 , with Lieutenant Commander James C . Toft Jr . , USNR , in command . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1945 . After shakedown off Louisiana and Bermuda , " Parle " was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet for convoy duty , completing one Atlantic - Mediterranean voyage before her permanent assignment to Escort Division 60 . Then , she returned to the yards to be fitted out for Pacific duty . On 28 December , she sailed for Panama , arriving there on 3 January 1945 . After sailing to the South Pacific and reporting for duty with the 7th Fleet , she was assigned to the Philippine Sea Frontier , and routed to Leyte by way of Galapagos , Bora Bora , Manus and Palau . As an escort with Task Unit 94 . 18 . 12 , she carried out numerous operations between Kossol Roads , Leyte , Lingayen , Subic , New Guinea , Okinawa , Ulithi , and Hollandia . Although engaging in repeated attack runs on sound contacts during these escort assignments , she never made positive contact with the enemy . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1946 . In August 1945 , " Parle " was with the Amphibious Forces of the Pacific Fleet engaged in escorting occupation troops to Korea . In January 1946 , she joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs , Florida , and decommissioned on 10 July . 1951 – 1970 . " Parle " recommissioned on 2 March 1951 at Green Cove Springs , Florida , and following shakedown , operated with the Atlantic Fleet out of Norfolk , Virginia and Nova Scotia . During the first quarter of 1952 , she underwent training at Guantanamo Bay and was then sent to Key West , in March , for duty as a training ship with the Fleet Sonar School . The latter part of the year found her in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea areas engaged in fleet exercises . The succeeding years , through 1958 , were spent in training in anti - submarine warfare tactics out of Guantanamo , off the Virginia Capes , and Norfolk with interim periods for overhaul and readiness evaluations . " Parle " periodically provided services to the Fleet Sonar School and type commander s . On 1 January 1959 , " Parle " was transferred to the operational control of the Commandant , 5th Naval District and designated as a Naval Reserve Training Ship , Group 1 . Her complement was reduced , and she was assigned a mobilization crew of Reservist s for training and augmentation . As a training ship for the reservists , she conducted year - round schedules of two - week cruise s , other than periods for upkeep . During a heightening of world tensions in August 1961 , President John F . Kennedy called for partial mobilization of the Reserves . " Parle " received her reserve crew on 21 October , bringing her to full complement , and she commenced a year of duty with the active fleet . Following additional training to peak the performance of her new crew , " Parle " assumed patrol duties in the Caribbean . In July 1962 , " Parle " detached the Reserve crew , and reverted to inactive status as a Reserve Training Ship . In August , she was placed in service in reserve , and retained in a training capacity . She has since continued her training duties , operating from her Great Lakes home port of Chicago , Illinois , and into 1970 , " Parle " continued a vital service to the U . S . Navy and the U . S . Naval Reserve Training Program .