USS CHASE (DD 323)
USS Chase - Clemson Class
Displacment    1, 215 tons
Length    314'. 5'
Beam     31'.8"
Draft     9' 10"
Armament     4 4"/ 50DP, 1 3"/23AA, 12 21" tt, 1 depth charge rack, 4 depth charge projectors
Machinery     26, 500 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed     35 knots
Compliment    114
Built by Bethlehem Steel Shipbuilding Corporation
Keil Laid     5 May 1919
Launched     2 September 1919
Commissioned     10 March 1921
Decommissioned     15 May 1930
Stricken     13 August 1930
Fate     Sold and broken up for scrap 1931
From Left to Right:
USS Mullany (DD-325), USS Robert Smith (DD-324), USS Chase (DD-323) & USS Mervine (DD-322)
Melbourne circa 1924.
Photo and information from the United States Nationl Archive, and is public domain.
USS Chase (location, date unknown)
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The letter from FDR on the prior page is also from the above mentioned book.
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