USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Edgar G. Chase (DE-16) |
| 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 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 18 March 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Evarts class destroyer escort |
| Displacement: | 1,140 (standard), 1,430 tons (full) |
| Length: | 283 ft 6 in (86.41 m) (waterline), 289 ft 5 in (88.21 m) (overall)) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) (max) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 21 kn (39 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,150 nm |
| Complement: | 15 officers, 183 enlisted |
| Armament: | 3 × 3 in/50 cal Mk 22 dual purpose guns (1×3), 4 × 1.1 in/75 cal Mk 2 AA guns (1×4), 9 × Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 4 AA cannons, 1 × Hedgehog Projector Mk 10 (144 rounds), 8 × Mk 6 depth charge projectors, 2 × Mk 9 depth charge tracks |
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 Mare Island Navy Yard, Solano County, California as HMS Burges (BDE-16); sponsored for British Lend-Lease by Mrs. Ernest H. Wichels, but retained by the USN and assigned the name Edgar G. Chase on 19 February 1943; and commissioned 20 March 1943, Lieutenant Commander J. J. Morony in command.
Service history
World War II
Edgar G. Chase reported to the Submarine chaser Training Center at Miami, Florida, 4 June 1943, and for the next year trained student officers and patrolled off Florida. After a voyage in August 1944 from Norfolk, Virginia, to Recife, Brazil, screening Tripoli, and returning with Solomons. Edgar G. Chase sailed from New York on 19 September with a slow-moving convoy for England. With bad weather, the passage took a month; she got back to Norfolk on 22 November.
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
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American Campaign Medal |
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European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal |
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World War II Victory Medal |
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
