The USS Chase (DE-158/APD-54) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort laid down on March 16, 1943, and launched on April 24, the same year. It was commissioned on July 18, 1943, under Lt. Comdr. V. B. Staadecker’s command with the hull number DE-158 and served in the U.S. Navy for 3 years until it was decommissioned on January 15, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 213 men on board and had its main missions in New York, Norfolk, Bizerte, Okinawa, Ulithi, and Boston. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Naval Register on February 7, 1946. Several months later, on November 13, the USS Chase was sold for scrapping. Asbestos is an effective insulator that can also be mixed into cloth, paper, cement, plastic, and other materials to make them stronger. At the height of its use, asbestos could be found in thousands of products. Asbestos-sprayed coatings were mainly used for fire protection, but also for anti-condensation and acoustic control. They comprised a thin layer of cement and fiber mixture applied by high-pressure spray.
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