Bill Text: NY K00592 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the commissioning of the U.S.S. SLATER DE766

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-17 - adopted [K00592 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-K00592-Introduced.html

Assembly Resolution No. 592

BY: M. of A. McDonald

        COMMEMORATING   the   75th   Anniversary   of  the
        commissioning of the U.S.S. SLATER DE766

  WHEREAS, Museums which serve the best interests  of  the  people  of
this Empire State merit the commendation of this Legislative Body; and

  WHEREAS,  This  Legislative  Body is justly proud to commemorate the
75th Anniversary of the commissioning of the USS SLATER  DE766,  and  to
celebrate  this  milestone  of  the  last Destroyer Escort that has been
restored and still afloat in the United States; and

  WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud  to  commemorate  the
75th  Anniversary  of  the  commissioning  of the USS SLATER DE766 which
occurred on May 1, 1944, in Tampa Florida; and

  WHEREAS, Commissioning is the ceremony by which a ship is placed  in
active duty; and

  WHEREAS,  The  USS SLATER DE766 is now a Destroyer Escort Historical
Museum moored on the Hudson River in Albany, New York; the ship  arrived
in Albany on October 26, 1997; and

  WHEREAS,  On  March  9,  1943, the USS SLATER's keel was laid at the
Tampa Shipbuilding Company; and

  WHEREAS, On February 13, 1944,  the  USS  SLATER  was  launched  and
christened,  sponsored  by  Mrs.  Nora Slater, mother of Seaman Frank O.
Slater who was killed in action aboard the USS SAN FRANCISO CA-38 off of
Gaudalcanal; and

  WHEREAS, On June 24, 1946, the  USS  SLATER  was  decommissioned  at
Green Cove Springs, Florida; and

  WHEREAS,  During  World  War  II, 563 Destroyer Escorts battled Nazi
U-boats on the North Atlantic protecting conveys; while in the  Pacific,
these  ships  stood  in  line  to defend naval task forces from Japanese
submarines and Kamikaze air attacks; and

  WHEREAS, This ship  has  been  designated  as  a  National  Historic
Landmark; and

  WHEREAS,  The  USS  SLATER has undergone an extensive restoration so
that a visitor can return to 1945 to see how sailors  walked,  hear  the
sound  of  a living ship, touch a piece of American history and walk the
decks where  hundreds  of  sailors  walked  before;  the  museum  offers
hour-long  guided  tours,  youth group overnight camping, and a historic
location to hold naval reunions; and

  WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body that when  museums
of  such  noble  aims  and accomplishments are brought to our attention,
they should be celebrated and recognized by all  the  citizens  of  this
great Empire State; now, therefore, be it

  RESOLVED,  That this Legislative Body is justly proud to commemorate
the 75th Anniversary of the commissioning of the USS SLATER  DE766;  and
be it further

  RESOLVED  That  a  copy  of  this  Resolution,  suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Timothy C. Rizzuto, Executive Director  Destroyer  Escort
Historical Museum USS SLATER DE 766.
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