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DE - 16 USS EDGAR G. CHASE

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 x 1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15 / 183

Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Mare Island NSY on 14 March 1942, Launched on 26 September 1942
Commissioned 20 March 1943, Decommissioned 16 October 1945
Stricken 1 November 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping 18 March 1947

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Edgar G. Chase 28k This ship was named in honor of Kimberly's father, Edgar Griffith Chase. Pictured here. Submitted by Kimberley B. Chase-Carter
Edgar G. Chase 185kb News clipping of the christening of the Edgar G. Chase (DE-16) at Mare Island NSY on 26 Sep 1942. Caption on the article reads: Captain Frederick Crisp, left and RADM W. L. Friedell, right, look on as Mrs. Ernest Wichels, center smashes bottle of champagne against bow of HMS Burges, British escort vessel launched yesterday afternoon at Mare Island Navy Yard. Mrs. Clarence Knott, matron of honor, looks on at extreme left. Darryl L. Baker
Edgar G. Chase 414k Degaussing Range, San Francisco Bay. 2 April 1943 William H. Roberts, M.D., Commissioning crew, First Lieutenant / USNR

USS EDGAR G. CHASE DE- 16 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None Located
Contact Name: none
Address: none
Phone: none
E-mail: none


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