USS SLATER on her trek down the Hudson River

Video by Town of Ulster Town Clerk on Facebook

During World War II, 563 Destroyer Escorts battled Nazi U-boats on The Old Navy lives here the North Atlantic protecting convoys of men and material. In the Pacific they stood in line to defend naval task forces from Japanese submarines and Kamikaze air attacks. Today, only one of these ships remains afloat in the United States, the USS SLATER.