U.S.S. Slater Tour (Destroy Escort DE-766) Albany NY

Описание: This was my tour of the U.S.S. Slater, Destroyer Escort (DE766).
DEs were pivotal in winning WWII. In 1940, Germany had conquered France and England stood against the Nazis alone. England was dependent upon ships to bring to her supplies she needed to survive. The Nazis used their U-Boats to sink those ships in an attempt to cutoff England from those supplies. The USA supplied England via delivery by ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean in convoys. Part of the U.S. war effort was providing the British Navy with warships that could escort the convoys safely between the U.S. and England. In response to their need for a smaller, cheaper, faster-to-build convoy escort vessel, the British Admiralty designed a new type of ship known as the British Destroyer Escort. The U.S. Navy recognized the need for these ships and commissioned 44 of the EVARTS class vessels. These new ships carried 3 inch/50 caliber cannons (6-mile range) to be used against surface and aerial targets, as well as 40mm (3-mile range) and 20mm guns (1 mile range) for anti-aircraft defense. For anti-submarine warfare purposes, the vessels were fitted with twin depth charge racks on the fantail, a series of outboard-aimed depth charge projectors on the after deck, port and starboard, and a forward- throwing anti-submarine mortar unit known as a “hedgehog” projector, capable of deploying up to 24 missiles in a pattern ahead of the vessel.

My video takes you to the galley, forward deck, crew's berthing, captain's cabin and ship's office, bridge and pilot house, engineer's office, signal bridge and fantail. The tour is well worth excursion if you are in the Albany, New York area.

DATE: July 2025
LOCATION: USS Slater Historical Ship Museum, Albany, New York, USA
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