This is what makes the NF community so special.  I really appreciate you taking the time to put these pictures up here.  It is nice to see the youth taking part in something so rich is history.  Please keep the pictures coming, and you should look into getting a free website just so you can put all the pictures on there and document your work along with your fathers and everyone else there.  Hell im sure if you even wanted to get a paid website; I bet if you made a thread asking for small donations youd get some.  I would.

So we last left off with it being DE Day on the Third Saturday of June & I have been onboard  a total of three times since my last update - So here goes antoher update for tohse of you intrested!

June 30th Helped Nelson start work on a Fender, then it became Chow time & affter chow he had to give a tour so I ended up goign down to B3 the Aft Engine room to help Karl & my dad!

(They hope to have that Main Engine #3? running sometime in the Fall!) (Not sure if that one is Main Engine # 3 or 4 so hence the ? by the way!)


Also got to look through a copy of the ships Deck log & an example of just one Day's report



I think the hat shows for itself just how *Masive* the Engine is! (16 of tohse total)

And also cleaned the feul line faces for the Starbord side fuel lines so they can put on the gaskets on that Monday -

July 7th just helped to Replace a thing of Steel Life line along with helped unwrap pieces for the  release gear for the port depth charge rack that was Fabricated in 2008 due to the Fact it was removed while in Greek Service.

(P.S For you people wondering why I keep doing new psot's for Each day is so *hopefully* there is not quite so many picutres per page is all!)
Finaly this past Saturday the 14th
Helped with more lifelines along with wire brushing them so they are no longer green.




Along with a Picture of  the Preident of the DEHM (Destroyer Escort Historical Museum) & the main person who takes care of our Motor Whaleboat; a former Sonarman from WWII on the USS Cooner DE 172.

Along with some of our Radio Gang working on the Only known repalcement armature for our TBL Transmitter. The person in the Middle is our 83..soon to be 84 year old  bosun's mate.  & Belive it or not the person on the right is 80!

Along with a Video of of the TBL in Operation! -

Okay..Yes yes I know I have not updated this in a while...But here it goes!

July 21st I started working on putting a shine to the Stern Ship's Bell hung on the Aft 3" Gun tub!




A DE Vet that happend to be onboard -

We then ended up using some air powerd thing to help polish it - After the test in a small section

Was next onboard the 31st -
Spent the day giving the Bell another shine




Ohh And there happend to be another WWII DE veteran that happend to stop by -

The July "Slater Signals" about the Slater Volunteers by our Executive Director

http://www.ussslater.org/publications/signals/vol-15/ss-v15-07.html

Coast Guard Birthday!



A good article from then - http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2012/08/05/news/doc501e0de681037929860275.txt
& A News clip (Including a Brief interview with one of our WWII Coast Guard Vet's who is a tour guide)
http://www.news10.com/story/19196997/birthday-celebrations-for-us-coast-guard-held-on-uss-slater-in-albany