16 Facts About USS Slater

USS Slater is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic Navy.

USS Slater is a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States.

USS Slater was designated a National Historic Landmark on 2 March 2012.

USS Slater was struck by the Hudson River touring ship Dutch Apple on 10 September 2019.

USS Slater enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 10 February 1942.

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USS Slater was laid down on 9 March 1943, she was christened on 20 Feb 1944 by Lenora Slater, mother of Frank Olga Slater and launched on 20 February 1944.

USS Slater was then sent to Key West where she served as a sonar school ship.

On 3 October 1944, USS Slater reported for convoy duty in Brooklyn, New York; she would spend the next 7 months alternating between convoy duty and additional training in Portland, Maine.

In June 1945 USS Slater headed for the Pacific, stopping at the US Virgin Islands, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Coco Solo, Panama.

USS Slater went through the Panama Canal on 28 June 1945 and stopped at San Diego before sailing to Pearl Harbor.

USS Slater engaged in support operations in the Pacific through the remainder of the year.

USS Slater made another passage through the Canal on her way to Norfolk for deactivation.

USS Slater was placed in the reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida in 1947.

On 1 March 1951, USS Slater was transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the Truman Doctrine, and renamed Aetos.

On 7 May 1998, USS Slater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

USS Slater was refitted several times during her long service with two navies.