U S NAVY 4th FLEET AT RECIFE - SHIP INDEX DE
1)DE 16 EDGAR G. CHASE
Photo William H. Roberts, MD commissioning crew First Lieutenant / USNR
Class: Evarts Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
14 March 1942: Keel laid as BDE-16 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, Cal.
26 September 1942: Launched as Burges (BDE-16) and christened, sponsored for the British lend lease by Mrs. Ernest H. Wichels
19 February 1943: Retained by the U.S. Navy and assigned the name Edgar G. Chase
20 March 1943: Commissioned by Captain A. D. Denny, Captain of the Mare Island Navy Yard, Lcdr. J. J. Morony, USNR, in command
16 October 1945: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C. after 2 years and 7 months of service
01 November 1945: Struck from the NVR
18 March 1947: Sold to Edward Goodman, of Harris Structural Steel of New Jersey, subsequently broken up for scrap
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full)
Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/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:
Speed: 19 knots.
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots.
Crew: 15 / 183.
After a voyage in August 1944 from
