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Summer 06 Fireball.Pub VOLUME 15, NO. 3 FIREBALL! SUMMER 2006 Pvt. Joseph W. Ozbourn Tinian, Marianas Islands The official newsletter of the USS Ozbourn (DD 846) Association 28 July 1944 Dedicated to perpetuating the memory of a gallant Marine and the history of a fine ship Visit our website at www.ozbourn.org FROM THE BRIDGE uring and keep our records “The USS Ozbourn shipmates, renew friend- February updated. Check out the Association is very ships and relive happy D 1952, I roster on the Associa- fortunate to have memories of your time on was at the Navy tion’s Web site. You dedicated members board a great ship. Mark induction center in may have an address or who search for ship- your calendars to attend Pittsburgh where I someone that we are mates and keep Asso- the Ozbourn’s next reun- met a fellow re- missing. I hope that all ciation records up- ion, September 12-16, cruit. When the of you get the chance to 2007 in Seattle, WA. local recruiters reconnect with former dated.” Rudy Boff, President asked for volun- teers to go to basic training in San Diego, California, my Fraud Alert new friend turned to me and said, “That’s for me, it’s freezing at the Na- val Training Center Great Lakes and s many of you may From: Costales, Armando A. California is hot.” know, a very serious Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 I immediately agreed that San threat to every veterans’ To: PY (All veterans) A Subject: Veterans identity theft protection Diego sounded like a vacation from the security and personal affairs Importance: High Mid West winter. That new best friend occurred on May 3. A Veterans turned out to be Richard Benedetti. Affairs employee from the CLASSIFICATION:UNCLASSIFIED Richard and I spent all of our service Washington, D.C. area took a CAVEATS:FOUO time together on the Ozbourn. We al- laptop computer home with him TERMS:NONE ways considered each other as brothers which was eventually stolen. It and we stayed close friends for many contained vital information on Veterans, years. He was my best man when I more than 26 million veterans. Nearly 27 million veterans’ data were stolen married Arleen on June 30, 1956. Fortunately, the stolen recently from a laptop that a VA person wrongly I am sorry to say that I let the had in his home. No clear word yet from the computer equipment was recov- govt. on depth of problems with identity theft. stress of working, going to school, and ered on or about June 28. A You may want to consider this proactive protec- raising a family interfere with our rela- preliminary examination indi- tion. You can place a 90-day credit alert on your tionship. Ultimately, we lost contact cated that the data was not ac- accounts with the three natl. credit reporting with each other. Due to the USS Oz- cessed or duplicated. agencies. By signing up with one, you automati- bourn Association, we were able to con- Michael McGowan, direc- cally sign up with all three. This requires them to contact you to verify that it’s you asking for tact each other and renew a once close tor of digital forensics at tech new sources of credit during this period. Not friendship. I thank the shipmates of the security consultant Stroz Fried- foolproof, but a hedge. In addition, you are enti- Ozbourn who spent many hours getting berg, says there are simple tled by law to request a free credit report annu- this organization started and making ways to access data stealthily. ally from each agency. You may want to place this all possible. Our children are cele- “It’s very possible to do it with- the 90-day alert, and then request the report to brating our fiftieth wedding anniversary be sure nothing has gone wrong. Identity theft out leaving a trace,” he said. can take years to fix if it happens to you. with a family dinner. For me and Ar- It’s important that you Experian - www.experian.com leen, however, the guests of honor will protect your valuable personal Fraud line - 888/397-3742 be Richard Benedetti and his wife. identity and take any action Equifax - www.equifax.com The USS Ozbourn Association is necessary to do so. See memo Fraud line - 800/525-6285 very fortunate to have dedicated mem- at right. Trans Union - www.transunion.com bers who research for shipmates Fraud line - 800/680-7289 Fireball, Summer 2006 BULLETIN BOARD OF GENERAL INTEREST Officers of the Association MISSION President About the Ozbourn Association — Rudy Boff (52-55) 1036 Connor Road I. NAME: The name of the organization is the USS OZBOURN ASSOCIATION, herein Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1033 after referred to as the Association. Tel: 412 833 0572 Email: [email protected] II. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Association is to further the friendship, camaraderie, fel- lowship, association and communication between its members on a non-profit basis. Vice President Kenneth E. Keene (71-74) III. MEMBERSHIP: Regular membership in the Association is limited to those members of 9995 Perry Highway the Naval Service who served on board USS OZBOURN (DD 846) during the period of Meadville, PA 16335-6445 her commissioned service as a ship of the United states Navy. The wives and widows of Tel: 814 337 3197 those who served are associate members. Honorary members of the Association may be Email: [email protected] elected by a majority vote of the elected officers of the Association or by majority vote of Corresponding Secretary the regular members attending a reunion. and Editor of Fireball Richard N. Johnson (61-64) 5899 North Bronco Lane 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE USS OZBOURN (DD 846) Prescott Valley, AZ 86314-5892 Tel: 928 775 4205 his article is the second in a series of three articles Pago, Munua Island and other Email: johnsonsimival- relating to the history of the U.S.S. Ozbourn. The ports, normally visited while [email protected] spring 2006 issue covered the chronological history in the in the Far East. T Recording Secretary between 1944 and 1955. This issue will cover the years be- 1957 tween 1956 and 1964. The fall 2006 issue of the Fireball will The Ozbourn returned William L. Jones (51-52) 15721 Piccadilly Road report on the last decade of the “Oz” from 1965 to her decom- from its West Pac cruise to its Goodyear, AZ 85338-8767 missioning in December 1975. The photographs that appear home port in San Diego on 21 Tel: 623 935 1073 in this and the next issue of the Fireball may have been taken March 1957. During the sum- Email: [email protected] any time between 1944 and 1975. mer, the Ozbourn visited Port- Treasurer and Historian land, Oregon as a guest of the Portland Rose Festival. The Warren Zschach (52-55) ship then visited Seattle, 1311 Ponderosa Dr. Washington to take part in the Petaluma, CA 94954-4393 Tel: 707 762 0469 Seattle Sea Fair. As a re- Email: [email protected] minder, the next biennial The photo at left appeared in reunion will take place in Advisor the December 28, 1945 pub- Seattle, September 12-16 2007. Charles O. Akers (50-52) lication of The Bulletin, 3261 Falkland Circle Bath Iron Works, Bath Commander Toulon was Huntington Beach, CA 92649 Maine. The photo caption relieved as commanding offi- Email: [email protected] taken from that publication cer by Commander Charles A. Kuhl in September. On 25 is shown below. Past Presidents October, the ship departed for Sponsor and party at the launching of the U.S.S. Oz- Brisbane, Australia for a Robert Whitten, Jr. (50-52) bourn (DD-846) at the Bath Iron Works Corporation on seven-day visit. Afterward, Cupertino, CA W.D. Minter (52-55) Saturday, Dec. 22, 1945. the Ozbourn went to Japan for Texarkana, TX In the above picture left to right: A. M. Main, Execu- duty with the Seventh Fleet. tive Vice President of the Bath Iron Works Corporation; Mrs. W. S. Newell, wife of President W. S. Newell; Mrs. 1958 Joseph W. Ozbourn, sponsor, and Lt. Comdr. Norman After its overseas tour of duty, the Ozbourn returned to Broyderick, U.S.N.R., representing Capt. Russell S. Hitch- San Diego on 23 April 1958. Between April and June, the cock, U.S.N., Supervisor of Shipbuilding of Maine. ship operated off the coast of San Diego. In June, the ship went to Mare Island Naval Shipyard for a three-month over- haul. By September, the Ozbourn returned to San Diego for 1956 Refresher Training. On 17 December, the ship departed for The Ozbourn returned to San Diego on 11 March 1956 the Western Pacific. and entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard in April for a major 1959 overhaul. Upon completion of the overhaul on 23 June, she While operating with the Seventh Fleet the Ozbourn returned to San Diego for six weeks of intensive training. In participated in Exercise “Seademon,” an exercise con- September, the Ozbourn departed again for her yearly tour of ducted in duty in the Far East. The ship visited New Zealand, Pago MAIL CALL TAPS FOR SHIPMATES Howard T. Scott, Jr., USN, Ret. February 15, 2006 Chappaqua, New York Paul W. Hecht April 26, 2006 — Portsmouth, VA Paul Hecht passed away on April 26, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Besides being a shipmate, Paul was a The following letters were received from shipmates seek- plank owner and former Ozbourn Association treasurer. ing information about the USS Ozbourn Association. He joined the U.S.
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