Wild Beast Class Destroyers (1951) - USS Slater, USS Eldridge, USS Garfield Thomas, USS Ebert, Greek Destroyer Leon, Greek Destroyer Panther (Paperback)

PMPurchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: USS Slater, USS Eldridge, USS Garfield Thomas, USS Ebert, Greek destroyer Leon, Greek destroyer Panther, Greek destroyer Aetos, Greek destroyer Ierax,. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action. The USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States. (The USS Stewart (DE-238) is exhibited at Seawolf Park in Galveston, Texas, but located on dry land.) The USS Slater was laid down on March 9, 1943; launched on February 13, 1944; and commissioned on May 1, 1944. She was built at the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa, Florida. After a shakedown cruise near Bermuda in June 1944, the Slater was sent to Key West where she served as a target ship and a sonar school ship. In the latter part of 1944, the Slater escorted two convoys to the United Kingdom. She continued serving in this capacity from January 1945 until May 1945. When the war in Europe ended, the Slater headed to the Pacific, stopping at Guantanamo Bay and Panama. She went through the Panama Canal on June 28, 1945 and stopped at San Diego before sailing to Pearl Harbor. From there she joined Task Unit 33.2.4 at Manila in September and escorted it to Yokohama. The Slater engaged in support operations in the Pacific through the remainder of the year. She made another passage through the Canal on her way to Norfolk for deactivation. The Slater was placed in the reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs,...http://booksllc.net/?l=