16181. [chart]. Atlantic Coast of the United States – Cape Hatteras to Cape Canaveral #903. United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. August 1885. 115th Edition Feb 1934, corrected through 1939 by Notice to Mariners. Scale 1:835,591. Original detailed 4-color chart measures 34” x 49” and includes all of the coastline from Chicamacomico and Cape Hatteras south to Jupiter Inlet, Florida. Chart includes all Coast Guard Lifeboat stations as well as all lighthouses, buoys, towns and features and more. The area has numerous shoals and bars, and the entire area is exceedingly treacherous. Included on the chart are bearings and soundings. Chart has been well used and includes navigator’s course markings with many notations. Chart is intact except for one 16” tear from bottom that has old tape repair on the back. Overall light to moderate soiling, a few small stains. Would make a very interesting wall decoration. Rolled but with some early folds as well. Notations indicate that this chart was used on some type of patrol vessel, likely during WWII. Chart is from the estate of Navy Rear Admiral Irwin Chase Jr.(1911-2001). Admiral Chase served in the Pacific theater during WWII under Admiral Halsey and was awarded the Silver Star. During WWII he was assigned to the Fast Attack Carrier Ticonderoga as Navigator. On January 21, 1945 the Ticonderoga was attacked by kamikaze planes near Formosa and with the Captain & Executive officer wounded, then commander Chase, took command and led the ship through fire fighting and damage control and brought the ship back to her base at Ulithi. He was also present in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri when Japan formally surrendered to General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. In1957 he returned to command the Ticonderoga for a Far Eastern Cruise to Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Okinawa. He retired from the Navy in 1959. (P+). $58.