6 August 2020

Thursday, 6 August 2020. Seventy-fifth anniversary of Hiroshima, and we'll let it go at that. It would have been a much longer war for USS SLATER if it hadn't have happened, if USS SLATER had survived the extended war. Flash forward 75 years, and I wonder if you can comprehend the feeling that comes from accomplishing restoration tasks that you always thought could never happen.

Ron Frankosky touched up paint of the 02 level and on the yardarm until the rain caught up with him, the hull was painted with epoxy paint, the final coat of paint on the mast was applied, replacement of the wasted metal on the lookout stations was completed, we finished painting the voids under aft steering, and restoration continues on life raft number 1.

In Albany - Earl painted out the new transformer box cover and Chuck painted the mooring bollards.