USS Parle (DE-708), a Rudderow-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was laid down on 8 January 1944 at the Defoe Shipbuilding Company, in Bay City, Michigan.

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.

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.

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 received her reserve crew on 21 October, bringing her to full complement, and she commenced a year of duty with the active fleet.