TRIM but DEADLY the Newsletter of the Destroyer Escort Historical Museum at USS SLATER
Trim But Deadly The Quarterly Newsletter of The Destroyer Escort Historical Museum Volume 26 Number 3 Third Quarter 2020 Chairman’s Report By Bartley J. Costello, III Slater returned from weeks, they became our management team’s eyes Caddell’s shipyard, arriving and ears, communicating daily with yard workers, with great fanfare. She was and skillfully answering technical questions. Simply, accompanied by fire boats they are inspiring as examples of America’s best providing huge sprays and going forward! They will be honored in the fall as tremendous media coverage, Volunteers of the Year by the Capital Area Chief including a local television Petty Officers Association. reporter, Jacquie Slater, who provided regular There are two issues, important to our future, updates as she rode the ship from Staten Island. Our that are underway. First, after five years, we are in guides are once again providing tours to crowds of visitors. It is time to take a deep breath and give Continued on page 9. thanks for all we have achieved, despite the many external challenges presented in 2020. Our shipyard experience was enhanced by the presence of a large number of our experienced volunteers, led by Tim Rizzuto, and our shipyard coordinator, Ed Zajkowski. They accomplished much work that complemented the work done by the shipyard. We are grateful for their efforts, working in extremely steamy conditions. We were very fortunate to be joined for the entire shipyard period by two very talented RPI midshipmen, Jack Carbone and Brendan Lutz, who had worked for over a year prior to departure, assisting with planning and technical details.
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