'Not too many of us left': Floating WWII museum ship gets visit from surviving crewmember

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"One of the last surviving World War II crewmembers of a Navy ship that's the last of its kind still afloat visited the vessel Friday at its Hudson River dock.
Earl Laber, who turns 93 Monday, was joined by his three sons for the tour aboard the USS Slater, a floating museum docked at the Port of Albany since 1997. Laber, of Newport, Vermont, had visited the ship a couple times before, and his sons had also taken tours when it was based in New York City 25 years ago, but the Albany tour was the first time the father and sons were aboard all at the same time.
"He still remembers a lot of the stories of his Navy days," son Scott Laber said after the tour, which included the engine room control panel he maintained during his wartime service. "He talks about the Slater most every day."
Slater museum officials say the elder Laber is one of fewer than 10 WWII crewmembers still alive out of a crew of about 215."
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