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What was the country of registry for USS Slater from Jul 1991 to Jul 1992?
USS Slater USS Slater ( DE-766 ) is a 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 . USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany , New York , the only one of its kind afloat in the United States . Fewer than 12 destroyer escorts still survived as of August 2020 , with the Slater the only ship that retained its wartime configuration . USS Slater was struck by the Hudson River touring ship Dutch Apple on 10 September 2019 . A mechanical issue aboard Dutch Apple was to blame for the collision . Namesake . Frank Olga Slater was born on 19 December 1920 in Kennamer Cove , Alabama , one of twelve children of James Lafayette Slater , a sharecropper and Lenora ( Morgan ) Slater . He grew up in Fyffe , Alabama . He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on 10 February 1942 . Upon completion of his basic training , he was transferred to the Receiving Station at Pearl Harbor , and assigned to the heavy cruiser on 4 April 1942 . On 12 November 1942 he was killed in action at his battle station during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal . He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross . Construction and career . USS Slater was laid down on 9 March 1943 , she was christened on 20 Feb 1944 by Lenora Slater , mother of Frank Olga Slater and launched on 20 February 1944 . The ship was commissioned on 1 May 1944 . She was built at the Tampa Shipbuilding Company in Tampa , Florida . After a shakedown cruise near Bermuda in June 1944 , Slater was sent to Key West where she served as a target ship and a sonar school ship . In the latter part of 1944 , Slater escorted two convoys to the United Kingdom . She continued serving in this capacity from January 1945 until May 1945 . When the war in Europe ended , Slater headed to the Pacific , stopping at Guantanamo Bay and Panama . She went through the Panama Canal on 28 June 1945 and stopped at San Diego before sailing to Pearl Harbor . From there she joined Task Unit 33.2.4 at Manila in September and escorted it to Yokohama . Slater engaged in support operations in the Pacific through the remainder of the year . She made another passage through the Canal on her way to Norfolk for deactivation . Slater was placed in the reserve fleet at Green Cove Springs , Florida in 1947 . Greek service . On 1 March 1951 , Slater was transferred to the Hellenic Navy under the Truman Doctrine , and renamed Aetos ( Eagle ) ( D01 ) . Along with three other Cannon-class ships , she made up what was known as the Wild Beasts Flotilla . The ship did patrol duty in the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese and also served as a training vessel for naval cadets . Aetos was decommissioned in 1991 , and Greece donated the ship to the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association . Retirement . Destroyer escort sailors from around the nation donated more than a quarter of a million dollars to bring Slater back to the United States as a museum ship . A Russian ocean-going tugboat towed the ship from Crete to New York City in 1993 , where it was docked next to the aircraft carrier . Volunteers began restoring the ship and seeking a permanent home for her ; Albany , New York was decided upon . On Sunday 26 October 1997 , Slater arrived at the Port of Albany . In January 2006 , a welder accidentally started a fire aboard Slater which caused some minor damage to the ship . Repairs were completed within a few months . Restoration of the ship remains an ongoing project . On 7 May 1998 , Slater was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Slater was refitted several times during her long service with two navies . One of her depth-charge racks and four K-gun depth charge launchers have been removed . Two twin Bofors 40 mm guns have been added , and the ten single 20 mm guns have been replaced with nine twin mounts . Appearances in film . Slater has been featured in two motion pictures . The ship was seen in The Guns of Navarone ( 1961 ) and I Aliki sto Naftiko ( Η Αλίκη στο Ναυτικό/Alice in the Navy , filmed in 1961 ) while in Greek service . In August 2008 part of the Japanese film Orion in Midsummer was filmed on board . History Channel documentaries have also featured Slater .