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DE- 766 USS SLATER

CLASS: Cannon TYPE: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,240 tons (std) 1,620 tons (full) Dimensions: 306' (oa), 300' (wl) x 36' 10" x 11' 8" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1),
1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 knots Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 201

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Tampa Shipbuilding, Tampa on 9 March 1943, Launched 13 February 1944
Commissioned 1 May 1944, Decommissioned 26 September 1947
Stricken 7 March 1951

Fate: To Greece 1 March 1951, Renamed Aetos (D-01)
Stricken and returned to US for preservation in 1991.
Preserved as a Memorial, Albany, New York.

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Slater 107kb HNS Aetos (D-1), mid 1960's Tony Vrailas
Slater 59kb undated USN
Slater 54kb Approaching Snow Dock, March 2002 Tim Rizzuto
Ship's Superintendent
Slater 100kb starboard side superstructure, March 2002 Tim Rizzuto
Ship's Superintendent
Slater 117kb moored on the Hudson River at Albany NY, 3 March 2003 Fred Weiss

USS SLATER DE- 766 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The Hazegray & Underway Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Tim Rizzuto, Ship's Superintendent
Address: USS Slater, PO Box 1926, Albany NY 12201-1926
Phone: (518) 431-1943 FAX (518) 432-1123
E-mail: shipsde766@aol.com


Note About Contacts.

The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.


Additional Resources
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

USS Slater Website

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