USS Slater
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USS Slater is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic Navy. Following service during World War II, the ship was transferred to Greece and rename
USS Slater during World War II
The Slater at Albany (2011)
3-inch/50 caliber gun aboard USS Slater (DE-766)
USS SLATER 2014
The Guns of Navarone (film)
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The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson, written and produced by Carl Foreman, and starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn, along with Stanley B
USS Slater
…added, and the ten single 20 mm guns have been replaced with nine twin mounts. Slater has been featured in three 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…
Theatrical release poster
Cliffs of 'Navarone', showing how the openings to gun positions were portrayed in the film by marble quarries on the island of Palmaria, off the west coast of Italy