An Alameda resident solved the mystery of an old class ring found in a dusty desk drawer on the USS Hornet so the ring could be returned to the deceased owner’s family in Georgia.
Hornet volunteer Mal Sloane found the ring in an area of the ship that had been closed since 1970, according to an ABC-7 News report.
“It could have been someone who served on the ship during service. The only thing we had to go by was that it said Briarcliff High School on it, and it said J-S-R on the inside, so that was something,” Anthony Wilson, Director of Exhibitions, Collections & Aircraft for the Hornet, told ABC.
The Hornet posted a photo of the ring on Instagram in early January, hoping someone would recognize it. The post noted that Briarcliff High School in Atlanta, Georgia, had shut down. “Does anyone have the graduation list or yearbook for the Class of 1966 at Briarcliff?” the post asked. “We would love to reunite the ring with the owner.”…