John D. Sloat - Legacy

Legacy

Two destroyers have been named USS Sloat in his honor as well as a WWII Liberty ship, the SS John Drake Sloat. A major street, Sloat Boulevard, and Commodore Sloat elementary school, both in San Francisco, are named after him. Local streets in Monterey, California, Sacramento, California, and the Carthay Circle neighborhood of Los Angeles also bear his name. There is a large monument erected in his honor on the Presidio of Monterey U.S. Army post. An elementary school in Sacramento is also named for him.

However, Commodore Sloat's claim to Sloat Boulevard in San Francisco may be slipping away. In August 2012, the California Legislature passed S.C.R. 93, which would designate the Sloat Blvd. segment of State Route 35 as the "John Burton Highway," named for the incumbent chairman of the California Democratic Party who was a former state and federal legislator in San Francisco. This might have the effect of subordinating the city and county's Sloat Blvd. name because State Route 35 coincides with Sloat Blvd. for most of Sloat Blvd.'s length. The "Burton Highway" amendment to S.C.R. 93 was added late in the legislative process and the resolution was rushed through the Legislature in the final days of the 2012 session.