Hudson River Troy to Catskill

Now that we were in the Hudson River we found that we had to share the water way with rather large ships and tug boats pushing work barges. There are long stretches where there is nothing but trees and the distant train whistles, then busy, busy, busy. Here are a few of the random things that caught my interest until we arrived at Catskill.

USS SLATER was docked in Albany. We slowed to appreciate her. USS Slater (DE-766) is a Cannon-class destroyer escort that served in the United States Navy and later in the Hellenic (Greek) Navy. The ship was named for Frank O. Slater of Alabama, a sailor killed on the USS San Francisco (CA-38) during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry in action. The USS Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River inAlbany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States. (The USS Stewart (DE-238) is exhibited at Seawolf Park inGalveston, Texas, but located on dry land.) The Slater was designated a National Historic Landmark on March 2, 2012.^[2]

Albany sky line from River

We had one tug and barge in front and one behind.
they slowed to pass each other.

But once she passed the other barge- well you can see the water she is pushing
and her wake was quite a ride for us

it was fascinating to see the ships unloading. Look at the water line  and how light
she is now

and there were Herons along the way