Robert V (Bob} Fuchs

USCGC CHASE (WHEC-718) was a high endurance cutter commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1968. Named after Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase, she served for over four decades in missions including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and drug interdiction. Throughout her service, CHASE participated in significant operations such as refugee rescues during the Mariel boatlift and counter-narcotics patrols in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. In 2011, she was decommissioned and later transferred to the Nigerian Navy, where she continues to serve as NNS Thunder (F90).