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This site is dedicated to the memory of the USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853) and the men and officers who served aboard her.

DD853 was named in honor of
Pfc. Charles Howard Roan, USMCR.

Please explore our site, and learn more about the USS Charles H. Roan (DD-853), the ship affectionately known by her crew as "The Jolly Cholly."

Our 2008 Reunion Form is now available online!

The reunion form contains all of the information you'll need for our 2008 reunion in Myrtle Beach, SC.

There are two convenient ways to fill out the registration part of the form!  You can fill out the form online then print it, or you can print it then fill it out by hand.  Click here to open the reunion form.

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Close Encounters of the Russian Kind

See two new photos and read an exciting "Sea Story" about the Jolly Cholly's close run-in with a Russian cruiser in the Eastern Mediterranean in June 1967.
Click here to view the story

Our Newsletter Now Available online

You can now read our newsletter online.
Please click here to learn more!