Veterans can tour USS Slater for free on Veterans Day

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ALBANY – Veterans were welcome to tour the USS Slater in the Port of Albany for free on Thursday.

A barbershop quartet opened the Veterans Day ceremony Thursday morning on the ship.

Several area politicians also spoke to mark the occasion, and a bugler played "Taps."

The USS Slater is the last destroyer escort afloat in the United States.