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USS Mason (DE 529)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - K - U - H

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Evarts
Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 tons (light), 1,430 tons (full)
Length: 283' 6" (wl), 289' 5" (oa)
Beam: 35' 0" (extreme)
Draft: 11' 0" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 kts
Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 - 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 - 1.1"/75 cal. Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 183

Mason (DE 529) Building and Operational Data:

14 October 1943: Keel laid at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Mass.

17 November 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Mrs. David Mason, mother of Ensign Mason

20 March 1944: Commissioned, Lcdr. William M. Blackford, USNR, in command

12 October 1945: Decommissioned at Charleston, S.C. after 1 year and 7 months of service

01 November 1945: Struck from the NVR

18 March 1947: Sold for scrapping at Charleston, S.C. to Mr. Thomas Harris of Barber, N.J.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
0652902	94k	17 November 1943: Boston, Mass. - USS *Mason* (DE 529) being launched at the Boston Navy Yard.	Nick Tiberio Shelton, Conn.
0652905	78k	20 March 1944: Boston, Mass. - The commanding officer, Lcdr William M. Blackford, passes a group of the African American sailors lined up for USS *Mason's commissioning ceremony at the Boston Navy Yard. (U.S. Navy Photo*)	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal.
0652903	94k	20 March 1944: Boston, Mass. - Negro sailors of the USS *Mason* (DE 529), commissioned at Boston Navy Yard, proudly look over their ship which is the first to have a predominately Negro crew. (National Archives photo #80-G-218861)	Ramon Jackson
0652906	141k	20 March 1944: Boston, Mass. - Two crew members of *Mason, moored at Boston Navy Yard in March 1944 when the ship is commissioned. (U.S. Navy Photo from the records of the* Commandant, First Naval District, Boston, Mass; from theUnited States National Archives)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
0652904	77k	August 1944: at sea in a dazzle camouflage scheme	-

Mason History
View the USS Mason (DE 529) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.
View the official War History of USS Mason as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Mason's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 20 Mar. 1944 – 12 Jun. 1945	Lcdr. William Mann Blackford, USNR (Comm. CO) (Seattle, Wash.)
2.) 12 Jun. 1945 – 20 Sep. 1945	Lcdr. / Cdr. Norman H. Meyer, USNR
3.) 20 Sep. 1945 – 12 Oct. 1945	Lt. John C. Phillips, USNR (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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