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The USS Hanson has a new webmaster.
Carl "Arkie" Pearson is our new webmaster. Arkie served aboard the Hanson from April 53 to April 57 and was a CS2 when he was discharged. After his discharge from the Navy, Carl enrolled and graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in 1962 and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in May 1963. He was called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church, Danville, Arkansas until September 1969 when he returned to the Navy as a chaplain. While on active duty, he received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA in Marriage & Family Counseling. Carl retired from the Navy in 1995 with over 30 years of combined service to God and country. In 1995 he was asked to serve as pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Milton, Fl and did until he again retired in 2004.
Reunion Information.
The 2010 Reunion is scheduled for Portland, Maine, October 7-10. For
more information on this year's reunion click on the Reunion Information
on left side of this page. Now is the time to make your plans to join in the
celebration and help keep the memories alive!
Liao Yang DDG 921 Has Been Decommissioned!
Commissioned in 1945 by the United States Navy as the USS hanson832 DD 832,
this grand old Ship served the cause of Freedom for 28 years flying the Stars
and Stripes. Less than a month after her
 decommissioning
the hanson832 began a second career with the Taiwan Navy where she proudly
flew the Red, White and Blue for another 31 years, under the Taiwan flag.
When Bath Iron built this old girl they did it right. It wouldn't be
surprising for that to be a record unsurpassed - 59 years of excellent
service! On 1 June, 2004 Taiwan decommissioned her for the last time. One
feels an ambivalence here. Proud, yet sad. This Ship deserves to be preserved
as a museum somewhere in this country. One shudders at the thought of shaving
with that weary warrior.
Sam
Long
Recently sent some information
concerning the final fate , and resting place of the Liao Yang DDG 921--
Former USS Hanson. (Click Here)
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