EXCLUSIVE: How an Alameda man traced decades-old ring found on Navy ship to sailor from Georgia

Aboard the historic USS Hornet in Alameda was a mystery in the making for decades: a high school class ring sitting in a desk drawer that was discovered by a volunteer.

“He was like ‘Hey, we were cleaning out this space and one of these old desks on the ship’ and it looked pretty interesting, it looked like it had a story to it,” said Anthony Wilson, Director of Exhibitions, Collections & Aircraft for the USS Hornet.

Mal Seoane is the volunteer who found the ring in an area of the ship that had been closed since 1970. Mal passed away last year, but the search for the owner of this ring lived on…

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