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Jehu Chase graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1890. He retired as a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral.

Awards Received

  • Navy Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    U.S.S. Minnesota

    Action Date:

    World War I

    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 141 (September 27, 1930)

    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.