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music playing is: "Hands Across the Sea" by John Phillip Sousa. On March 1, 1951, SLATER was transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the Truman Doctrine. Renamed Aetos-01, the ship served as a Hellenic Navy Officer Training Vessel until 1991 when Greece donated the ship to the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association. The ship had also been used in a number of movies including "The Guns of Navarone" |
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| Destroyer escort sailors from around the nation donated $275,000 to bring the ship back to the United States. A Russian tugboat brought the vessel back to New York City from Crete on August 27, 1993 where it was docked next to the INTREPID. |  |
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| New York City Volunteers began to remove inappropriate items and started to stock WW2 items collected from all over the country. Shown is delivery of dummy ammunition. |  |
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| A recommissioning ceremony was held at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum for the USS Slater on 30 April 1994. This was 50 years from its original commissioning on 1 May 1944. |  |
| DEHF was seeking a permanent home for the ship and sought assistance from DMNA in so doing. The Division of Military and Naval Affairs, Military History Branch coordinated the initial meetings between DEHF and the City of Albany. In July 1997 the DEHF and the City of Albany signed letters of intent to have the ship permanently located in Albany, NY, on the Hudson River. |  |
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| SLATER sailed up the Hudson to New York's capital and on Sunday 26 October 1997 the USS Slater arrived at the Port of Albany. The ship was greeted by a crowd of several thousand, including a gospel choir, marching band, and numerous former Slater veterans. Please visit the SLATER SIGNALS, our monthly newsletter for the continuing restoration story. |
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