Chain of Command
In 1931, after relinquishing the fleet command, the Admiral joined the General Board, becoming its Chairman in April 1932, and continuing in that post until his retirement.
Chain of Command
After the peace he served with the Bureau of Ordnance and later that year assumed command of the Base Force, Pacific Fleet. In 1924 he became commandant to the Thirteenth Naval District and from 1926 to 1928 he was in command of Battleship Division Four, Battle Fleet. He was on duty with the General Board of the Navy from 1928 to 1930.
Chain of Command
After the peace he served with the Bureau of Ordnance and later that year assumed command of the Base Force, Pacific Fleet. In 1924 he became commandant to the Thirteenth Naval District and from 1926 to 1928 he was in command of Battleship Division Four, Battle Fleet. He was on duty with the General Board of the Navy from 1928 to 1930.
Chain of Command
After the peace he served with the Bureau of Ordnance and later that year assumed command of the Base Force, Pacific Fleet. In 1924 he became commandant to the Thirteenth Naval District and from 1926 to 1928 he was in command of Battleship Division Four, Battle Fleet. He was on duty with the General Board of the Navy from 1928 to 1930.
Chain of Command
After the peace he served with the Bureau of Ordnance and later that year assumed command of the Base Force, Pacific Fleet. In 1924 he became commandant to the Thirteenth Naval District and from 1926 to 1928 he was in command of Battleship Division Four, Battle Fleet. He was on duty with the General Board of the Navy from 1928 to 1930.
Chain of Command
From 1914 to 1917 Admiral Chase was a member of the special board of ordnance. While the United States was a war with Germany he commanded the USS Minnesota.
Criteria The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguish themselves by exceptionally meritorious ser... The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguish themselves by exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of great responsibility. MoreHide
Comments On September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a German submarine, off the Delaware Breakwater. Under his command, the warship reached port without the ... On September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a German submarine, off the Delaware Breakwater. Under his command, the warship reached port without the loss of life. For his World War services he received the Distinguished Service Medal. The citation follows:
"The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Distinguished Service Medal to Captain Jehu Valentine Chase, United States Navy, for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. MINNESOTA, and also for the splendid seamanship shown in bringing the MINNESOTA safely into port after being mined, with a hole in her underwater body approximately 30 feet long and extending athwart-ships from port side or keel to starboard armor shelf and protective deck, without loss of life." MoreHide
Criteria The World War I Victory Medal was awarded for military service during the First World War. It was awarded for active service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; for service with the American... The World War I Victory Medal was awarded for military service during the First World War. It was awarded for active service between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918; for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in European Russia between November 12, 1918, and August 5, 1919; or for service with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia between November 23, 1918, and April 1, 1920. MoreHide
Description Star denotes Gallantry: On September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a German submarine, off the Delaware Breakwater. Under his command, the warship ... Star denotes Gallantry: On September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a German submarine, off the Delaware Breakwater. Under his command, the warship reached port without the loss of life. For his World War services he received the Distinguished Service Medal. The citation follows:
'For exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as commanding officer of the USS Minnesota and also for the splendid seamanship shown in bringing the Minnesota safely into port after being mined, with a hole in here underwater body approximately thirty feet long and extending afterward ships from port side of keel to starboard armor shelf and protective deck, without loss of life.' MoreHide
Description The United States of America declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. The U.S. was an independent power and did not officially join the Allies. It closely cooperated with them militarily buThe United States of America declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917. The U.S. was an independent power and did not officially join the Allies. It closely cooperated with them militarily but acted alone in diplomacy. The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), arrived in large numbers on the Western Front in the summer of 1918. They played a major role until victory was achieved on November 11, 1918. Before entering the war, the U.S had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to Great Britain and the other Allied powers. During the war, the U.S mobilized over 4 million military personnel and suffered 110,000 deaths, including 43,000 due to the influenza pandemic. The war saw a dramatic expansion of the United States government in an effort to harness the war effort and a significant increase in the size of the U.S. military. After a slow start in mobilising the economy and labour force, by spring 1918 the nation was poised to play a role in the conflict. Under the leadership of President Woodrow Wilson, the war represented the climax of the Progressive Era as it sought to bring reform and democracy to the world, although there was substantial public opposition to United States entry into the war.
Although the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, it did not initially declare war on the other Central Powers, a state of affairs that Woodrow Wilson described as an "embarrassing obstacle" in his State of the Union speech. Congress declared war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire on December 17, 1917, but never made declarations of war against the other Central Powers, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire or the various Co-belligerents allied with the central powers, thus the United States remained uninvolved in the military campaigns in central, eastern and southern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
The United States as late as 1917 maintained only a small army, smaller than thirteen of the nations and empires already active in the war. After the passage of the Selective Service Act in 1917, it drafted 2.8 million men into military service. By the summer of 1918 about a million U.S. soldiers had arrived in France, about half of whom eventually saw front-line service; by the Armistice of November 11 approximately 10,000 fresh soldiers were arriving in France daily. In 1917 Congress gave U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans when they were drafted to participate in World War I, as part of the Jones Act. In the end Germany miscalculated the United States' influence on the outcome of the conflict, believing it would be many more months before U.S. troops would arrive and overestimating the effectiveness of U-boats in slowing the American buildup.
The United States Navy sent a battleship group to Scapa Flow to join with the British Grand Fleet, destroyers to Queenstown, Ireland and submarines to help guard convoys. Several regiments of Marines were also dispatched to France. The British and French wanted U.S. units used to reinforce their troops already on the battle lines and not to waste scarce shipping on bringing over supplies. The U.S. rejected the first proposition and accepted the second. General John J. Pershing, American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) commander, refused to break up U.S. units to serve as mere reinforcements for British Empire and French units. As an exception, he did allow African-American combat regiments to fight in French divisions. The Harlem Hellfighters fought as part of the French 16th Division, earning a unit Croix de Guerre for their actions at Château-Thierry, Belleau Wood, and Séchault.
Impact of US forces on the war
On the battlefields of France in spring 1918, the war-weary Allied armies enthusiastically welcomed the fresh American troops. They arrived at the rate of 10,000 a day, at a time when the Germans were unable to replace their losses. After British Empire, French and Portuguese forces had defeated and turned back the powerful final German offensive (Spring Offensive of March to July, 1918), the Americans played a role in the Allied final offensive (Hundred Days Offensive of August to November). However, many American commanders used the same flawed tactics which the British, French, Germans and others had abandoned early in the war, and so many American offensives were not particularly effective. Pershing continued to commit troops to these full- frontal attacks, resulting in high casualties against experienced veteran German and Austrian-Hungarian units. Nevertheless, the infusion of new and fresh U.S. troops greatly strengthened the Allies' strategic position and boosted morale. The Allies achieved victory over Germany on November 11, 1918 after German morale had collapsed both at home and on the battlefield.... More
Memories On September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a GermOn September 29, 1918, the battleship, with him in command, struck a mine, presumably laid by a German submarine, off the Delaware Breakwater. Under his command, the warship reached port without the loss of life. For his World War services he received the Distinguished Service Medal. The citation follows:
"For exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility as commanding officer of the USS Minnesota and also for the splendid seamanship shown in bringing the Minnesota safely into port after being mined, with a hole in here underwater body approximately thirty feet long and extending afterward ships from port side of keel to starboard armor shelf and protective deck, without loss of life."... More
Chain of Command
From 1914 to 1917 Admiral Chase was a member of the special board of ordnance. While the United States was a war with Germany he commanded the USS Minnesota.
Chain of Command
From 1914 to 1917 Admiral Chase was a member of the special board of ordnance. While the United States was a war with Germany he commanded the USS Minnesota.
Chain of Command
Admiral Chase became flag secretary for the commander of the Third Squadron, Pacific Fleet, in 1910 and later that year commander of the USS Tallahassee. He served as inspector of ordnance at the Whitehead Torpedo Works, Weymouth, England, in 1911-12 and commanded the USS Monterey in 1912-13 and the USS Cincinnati in 1913-14.
Chain of Command
Admiral Chase became flag secretary for the commander of the Third Squadron, Pacific Fleet, in 1910 and later that year commander of the USS Tallahassee. He served as inspector of ordnance at the Whitehead Torpedo Works, Weymouth, England, in 1911-12 and commanded the USS Monterey in 1912-13 and the USS Cincinnati in 1913-14.
Chain of Command
Admiral Chase became flag secretary for the commander of the Third Squadron, Pacific Fleet, in 1910 and later that year commander of the USS Tallahassee. He served as inspector of ordnance at the Whitehead Torpedo Works, Weymouth, England, in 1911-12 and commanded the USS Monterey in 1912-13 and the USS Cincinnati in 1913-14.
Chain of Command
He became navigator of the USS Kearsarge in 1907 and was with the Great White Fleet that went around the world when President Theodore Roosevelt demonstrated the strength of the Navy in that year.
Chain of Command
He served on the USS Newport when the United States was at war with Spain in 1898. From 1902 to 1905 he commanded the USS Whipple and from 1905 to 1907 he was commander of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island.
Chain of Command
He served on the USS Newport when the United States was at war with Spain in 1898. From 1902 to 1905 he commanded the USS Whipple and from 1905 to 1907 he was commander of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island.
Other Memories
USS Whipple (Torpedo Boat Destroyer # 15), 1902-1920
USS Whipple, a 433-ton Truxtun class destroyer, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Commissioned in October 1902 or February 1903 (sources vary on the date), she served, with the exception of several months in reserve in 1905-1906, along the East Coast during the next five years. Early in December 1907 Whipple began a long trip around Cape Horn to the Pacific as part of the initial phase of the World cruise of the "Great White Fleet". Based at San Diego, California, beginning in 1908, she operated up and down the West Coast of North America as far north as Alaska and also visited Hawaii. Between 1914 and 1916 the destroyer was active off Mexico as that country went through a period of civil and political turmoil.
In the spring of 1917, soon after the United States entered World War I, Whipple steamed south to begin patrols off the Panama Canal Zone. She went on to the Atlantic in July of that year and, in late August and the first part of September voyaged to the Azores. Following three months of convoy and patrol service around those islands Whipple was sent to Brest, France, her base for nearly a year. She left European waters in December 1918 for a return trip to the U.S. by way of the Azores and Bermuda. After six months of inactivity at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USS Whipple was placed out of commission in early July 1919. She was sold in January 1920 and, extensively modified, entered commercial service as a banana freighter. The old former destroyer was scrapped in 1956.
USS Whipple was named in honor of Continental Navy Captain Abraham Whipple (1733-1819).
Chain of Command
He served on the USS Newport when the United States was at war with Spain in 1898. From 1902 to 1905 he commanded the USS Whipple and from 1905 to 1907 he was commander of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island.
Criteria The Spanish Campaign Medal was awarded for military service in, or on the high seas en route to, any of the following countries during the dates indicated: Cuba (May 11 to July 17, 1898), Puerto Rico ... The Spanish Campaign Medal was awarded for military service in, or on the high seas en route to, any of the following countries during the dates indicated: Cuba (May 11 to July 17, 1898), Puerto Rico (July 24 to August 13, 1898) or Philippine Islands (June 30 to 16 August 16, 1898). MoreHide
Description The Spanish–American War (Spanish: Guerra hispano-estadounidense or Guerra hispano-americana; Filipino: Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. The Spanish–American War (Spanish: Guerra hispano-estadounidense or Guerra hispano-americana; Filipino: Digmaang Espanyol-Amerikano) was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor in Cuba leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. American acquisition of Spain's Pacific possessions led to its involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately in the Philippine–American War.
Revolts had been occurring for some years in Cuba against Spanish rule. The U.S. later backed these revolts upon entering the Spanish–American War. There had been war scares before, as in the Virginius Affair in 1873. In the late 1890s, US public opinion was agitated by anti-Spanish propaganda led by newspaper publishers such as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst which used yellow journalism to call for war. The business community across the United States had just recovered from a deep depression, and feared that a war would reverse the gains. They lobbied vigorously against going to war.
The US Navy battleship Maine was mysteriously sunk in Havana harbor; political pressures from the Democratic Party pushed the administration of Republican President William McKinley into a war that he had wished to avoid.[9] Spain promised time and time again that it would reform, but never delivered. The United States sent an ultimatum to Spain demanding that it surrender control of Cuba. First Madrid declared war, and Washington then followed suit.
The main issue was Cuban independence; the ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific. US naval power proved decisive, allowing expeditionary forces to disembark in Cuba against a Spanish garrison already facing nationwide Cuban insurgent attacks and further wasted by yellow fever. Numerically superior Cuban, Philippine, and US forces obtained the surrender of Santiago de Cuba and Manila despite the good performance of some Spanish infantry units and fierce fighting for positions such as San Juan Hill. Madrid sued for peace with two obsolete Spanish squadrons sunk in Santiago de Cuba and Manila Bay and a third, more modern fleet recalled home to protect the Spanish coasts.
The result was the 1898 Treaty of Paris, negotiated on terms favorable to the US which allowed it temporary control of Cuba and ceded ownership of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippine islands. The cession of the Philippines involved payment of $20 million ($575,760,000 today) to Spain by the US to cover infrastructure owned by Spain.
The defeat and collapse of the Spanish Empire was a profound shock to Spain's national psyche, and provoked a thorough philosophical and artistic revaluation of Spanish society known as the Generation of '98.[ The United States gained several island possessions spanning the globe and a rancorous new debate over the wisdom of expansionism. It was one of only five US wars (against a total of eleven sovereign states) to have been formally declared by Congress.... More
Memories He served on the USS Newport when the United States was at war with Spain in 1898. From 1902 to 190He served on the USS Newport when the United States was at war with Spain in 1898. From 1902 to 1905 he commanded the USS Whipple and from 1905 to 1907 he was commander of the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island.... More
In 1931, after relinquishing the fleet command, the Admiral joined the General Board, becoming its Chairman in April 1932, and continuing in that post until his retirement.