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USS Slater (DE-766)


Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
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 FL 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 HHMS Aetos (D-01)
Stricken and returned to US for preservation in 1991.
Preserved as a Memorial at Albany, New York
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Slater 51k undated wartime image Robert Hurst
Slater 44k circa 1952: HS Aetos
Slater 107k HNS Aetos (D-1), mid 1960's Tony Vrailas
Slater 42k circa 1968: HNS Aetos Robert Hurst
Slater 76k 18 March 1995: New York City - USS Growler (SSG-577), USS Edson (DD-946), and Slater shot from the quay at the USS Intrepid Air-Sea-Space Center. Edson and Slater are no longer part of the exhibit. Larry Backus
Slater 137k 18 March 1995: New York City - USS Growler (SSG-577), USS Edson (DD-946), and Slater shot from the river end of the pier at the USS Intrepid Air-Sea-Space Center.
Slater 27k undated -
Slater 54k March 2002: Approaching Snow Dock Tim Rizzuto
Ship's Superintendent
Slater 100k March 2002: starboard side superstructure
Slater 117k 3 March 2003: Albany NY - moored on the Hudson River Fred Weiss
Slater 173k 6 April 2008: Slater moving from her Snow Dock at Rensselaer NY to her summer mooring in Albany. (photo courtesy of Richard Andrian Tim Rizzuto
Ship's Superintendent
View the USS Slater (DE-766), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center website.
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
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