USN · Commander

Slater, Frank Marcel

Portrait via NavSource Naval History (https://www.navsource.org/archives/03/../02/people/slater_frank_m.jpg); presumed official U.S. Navy photograph, public domain as a U.S. government work. Status not individually verified.

Ships

USS Block Island (CVE-106) Commander in command from 28 May 1946 (OiC) · Relieved on 28 July 1948

Commander Frank Marcel Slater was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1933. He commanded USS Block Island (CVE-106) from 28 May 1946 (OiC) to 28 July 1948. NavSource records that he later reached the rank of captain.

Sources: NavSource CVE-106 COs (navsource.org).