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.