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."
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.
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