USS Edgar G. Chase
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Name | USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16) |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Laid down | 14 March 1942 |
Launched | 26 September 1942 as HMS Burges (BDE-16) |
Commissioned | 20 March 1943 as USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16) |
Decommissioned | 16 October 1945 |
Stricken | 1 November 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap on 18 March 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Evarts-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 2 in (10.7 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) (max) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 21 kn (39 km/h) |
Range | 4,150 nm |
Complement | 15 officers, 183 enlisted |
Armament |
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USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16) was an Evarts-class "short-hull" destroyer escort in the service of the United States Navy named after Edgar Griffith Chase, executive officer of a destroyer lost at Guadalcanal in 1942.
Edgar G. Chase was launched on 26 September 1942 by
Service history
World War II
Edgar G. Chase reported to the
Edgar G. Chase made three voyages as convoy escort from New York and Norfolk to Oran from 19 December 1944 – 30 May 1945.
On 20 July, she returned to Miami, Florida, and her original training duty with the Small Craft Training Center.
Post-War
She arrived at Charleston, South Carolina on 9 September and was decommissioned there on 16 October 1945, being sold for scrap on 18 March 1947.
Awards
American Campaign Medal | |
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
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World War II Victory Medal
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References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Edgar G. Chase at NavSource Naval History