I toured the USS Slater over the weekend and now I want to volunteer there but I have to admit that I’m just too busy. The Slater is a Destroyer Escort and was purchased as a museum and memorial of the World War II veterans who served on the 600 odd Destroyer Escorts the US fielded. The website is pretty good and their online newsletter, Slater Signals, does a great job detailing the huge amount of work they put into that ship.
In semi-related news, here’s a manga (Japanese comic book) about the active Nimitz class carrier, USS George Washington, called (I think) Manga CVN73