Parks , Murray Thomas , 1862-1932 , Captain

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Parks , Murray Thomas , 1862-1932 , Captain

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        Murray Thomas Parks, son of Commander Murray Thomas Parks, entered the Navy as a naval cadet in 1876. He served as midshipman in the RALEIGH under Captain Trewlawny Jago. He was midshipman in the INVINCIBLE and CRUISER 1881 to 1882. He was appointed to WATCHFUL, a gunboat, in 1884 and a commission lieutenant in 1885. In 1888 he was appointed to the COCATRICE in the Mediterranean. In 1892 he became lieutenant in the MEDEA and in 1893 transferred to the PHOEBE on the Cape Station. He was promoted commander in 1896 and in the same year appointed to the UNDAUNTED on the China Station. He was appointed commander of the BLANCHE on the Cape Station in 1900 and in 1903 joined the Coast Guard Service. He was promoted captain and retired in 1908.

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