National Historic Landmark · destroyer escort · Albany, New York

Uss Slater (Destroyer Escort)

Cannon-class destroyer escort in Albany, New York. Added to the National Register in 1998, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visit National Historic Landmark Listed 1998

Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · USS Slater

USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and renamed Aetos. Decommissioned in 1991, the destroyer escort was returned to the United States.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The record

National Register of Historic Places

Property type	Structure
Address	Port of Albany, Albany, NY
County	Albany County
Listed	May 7, 1998
Reference number	98000393
Type of place	destroyer escort, museum ship, preserved watercraft
Designations	National Historic Landmark
Contributing resources	1 structures
Standing	Yes

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public

Address	Port of Albany, Albany, NY
Coordinates	42.64255, -73.74971 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unit	Martin Van Buren National Historic Site · 19 mi · on Park Atlas

This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

Explore

Why you would stay

Map

4 nearby listings

Nearby in Albany County

All listings in Albany County →

Landmark · 0.3 km

Fort Orange Archeological Site

National Historic LandmarkListed 1993

Building · 0.5 km

Van Ostrande--Radliff House

BuildingListed 2008

Building · 0.6 km

Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building

BuildingListed 1972

Building · 0.6 km

Mendelson, A., and Son Company Building

BuildingListed 2003

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 98000393. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.