Frank O. Slater

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Frank O. Slater, born in Fyffe, Alabama, on 19 December 1920, enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 10 February 1942.

Contents 1 Navy career 2 Awarded the Navy Cross 3 Namesake 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Navy career

Upon completion of basic training, Slater was transferred to the Receiving Station, Pearl Harbor, for reassignment. He served in USS San Francisco (CA-38) from 4 April 1942 to 12 November 1942 when he was killed in action at his battle station.

[edit] Awarded the Navy Cross

Slater was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action.

[edit] Namesake

USS Slater (DE-766) was named in his honor. The ship was laid down on 9 March 1943 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Florida; launched on 13 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. James L. Slater; and commissioned on 1 May 1944.

The USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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