Uss Chase (De 158)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Chase (DE-158/APD-54), a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Admiral Jehu V. Chase (1869-1937). Chase was launched 24 April 1943 by Norfolk Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. J. V. Chase ; and commissioned 18 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander V. B. Staadecker, USNR, in command. Between 14 September 1943 and 23 November 1944, Chase escorted six transatlantic convoys between New York and Norfolk, Virginia and North African ports. During her second such crossing, while approaching Bizerte on 20 April 1944, Chase fired on attacking enemy torpedo bombers, driving them off, then rescued swimming survivors from three torpedoed merchant ships. During the return passage, Chase joined in the search for the German submarine U-967, which torpedoed Fechteler (DE-157) on 5 May, and rescued 52 survivors of the sinking.