[Milsurplus] [Glowbugs] Radio room pics from the DE "Slater"

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DE-766 Slater is Cannon Class, launched 13 February 1944, sold to Greece 
March 1951 (Aetos).

In a message dated 6/26/2011 10:45:14 AM Central Daylight Time, 
gzook at yahoo.com writes: 
> A quick perusal of the site for the ship didn't say which class.  I would 
> assume a Buckley Class but that may not be true.
> 
> Her number, DE-766, is exactly 100 from the U.S.S. Durik, DE-666, on which 
> my mother's eldest brother was chief sonarman.  Although the Durik didn't 
> play an active role in the capture of the German submarine U-505, the ship 
> did arrive within a couple of hours of the capture and escorted the 
> submarine to Bermuda.
> 
> Glen, K9STH
> 
> Website:  http://k9sth.com
> 
> 
> --- On Sun, 6/26/11, mikea <mikea at mikea.ath.cx> wrote:
> 
> Can be found at <
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfgusedautoparts/sets/72157627046763280/with/5871076358/ where they were put by Richard Welty. 
> 
> The Slater has had an interesting history; she was sold to the Greek Navy, 
> which decided to scrap her after a while, so we (or some historical assn.) 
> bought her back, and she's currently in Albany, NY, as a museum shop. 
> 
> Have a look at <http://www.ussslater.org/>, which doesn't have these 
> images in the tour, as near as I can tell.
> 

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