July 28, 2023
The Ship Departments has been renamed to
Ship Life. Repurposing this section
gives us a place to share not only member perspectives on the areas of the ship but also
life on-board.
We have a new article written by Roger Chagnon about the "Best Job on a Destroyer", from
his point of view of course. Jokes aside, go check it out, hope you enjoy it.
June 21, 2023
28th ANNUAL REUNION - 2023The Hanson's 2023 Reunion will be held in Charleston, SC from Monday October 2nd through
Wednesday October 4, 2023. The venue and lodging will be at the Town and Country Inn and Suites located at
2008 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC.
Begin making plans as soon as possible, download the Newsletter
below and send in your forms. All information regarding the
daily events is in the download. The completed forms and payment must be received no later than September 1, 2023.
The USS Hanson 2022 Reunion
was held at Rapid City, South Dakota
on September 22-25. We will post pictures of the reunion when
they are available.
To all those that attended the reunion, thanks for participating
and hope it was an enjoyable event for everyone. If anyone has
pictures to share, please send Ozzy (administrator) and email so
they can be shared with everyone. Cheers!
Alexandria Reunion Pictures (2019)
Roger Austin has shared some pictures from the Hanson's 2019
Reunion in Alexandria, VA., you may view them
here...
Enjoy!!!
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Did You Know?
While scouring through the internet for books or more information about the USS Hanson
we found a special person that served aboard the ship. The subject's name is
Salvatore Albert Lombino,
or AKA Ed McBain, the writer/screenwriter.
He wrote his first murder mystery titled "Chalk" while serving
on the Hanson. After receiving positive reviews form his fellow sailors he decided to become a writer.
In his memory, we have added him to our crew roster under his
birth name. Salvatore Albert Lombino,
1926-2005.
More info:
Wikipedia...;
Google Books...
Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial
A plaque in proud memory of our departed shipmates of the USS Hanson has been placed at the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial. Visit Mt. Soledad Memorial...
Contributors Needed
The information contained within the usshanson832.org site is used as a reference
by others around the internet. Around the web you will find references where this
site is the source.
Many of you have contributed though the years by sending us your stories
and experiences. Those stories are used by editors to paint a
better and more complete picture of our history.
I wish to extent a thanks to all those who have contributed, and would like to see more stories come our way. No matter
how unimportant you may think your memories are, we can let history
decide that. So go ahead and sit down and start writing,
or typing, or dictating to someone else. Your memories are not in the history books
yet, this is your opportunity to get
it out for the world to see it.
As always, thanks to all of you for your service and God bless.
~Ozzy Resto, administrator
Now it's even easier to keep in contact with former shipmates. If you wish to have communicate with you, please fill out the registration form in the Crew section, or send us an email with your information. If you have changed your email, please let us know so we can update our records.
For security reasons no email addresses are displayed on the website to
protect from unsolicited spam. All requests for emails are
directed through the administrator and your email address
will not be shared without your consent.
