USS HOUSTON CA 30

“The galloping Ghost of the Java Coast”

Zigmund “Ziggy” Ustazewski

USS Houston

Sigmund Ustaszewski

Called “Ziggy” or “Ski”

PHM 2

Written by Mary Ann Schwab: My Uncle Zigmund Ustaszenwski

He enlisted in the Navy in 1936 and did his basic training in Newport, RI. He served on the USS Relief, a hospital ship, before being assigned to the USS Houston in 1939.

He was last seen pulling a raft with wounded sailors. Since his name never came up on any prison camp lists, we assume he and those with him were killed in the water.