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USS Mason (DE-529)

CLASS:Evarts TYPE:GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull)
Displacement: 1,140 tons Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa) 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 10' 1" (max)
Armament: 3 x 3"/50, 1-twin 40mm AA, 9 x 20 mm AA, 1 Hedgehog, 8 DCT, 2 racks
Machinery: 6,000 shp; 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 6,000 nm @ 12 knots Crew:15/183
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston NSY on 14 October 1943, Launched 17 November 1943
Commissioned 20 March 1944, Decommissioned 12 October 1945
Stricken 1 November 1945
Fate: sold for scrapping 18 March 1947, at Charleston SC,
to Mr. Thomas Harris of Barber, NJ
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Mason 94k 20 March 1944: Boston MA - Negro sailors of the USS Mason (DE-529) commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which is the first to have a predominately Negro crew. (National Archives photo #80-G-218861) Ramon Jackson
Mason 77k at sea in August 1944 in a dazzle camouflage scheme USN
View the USS Mason (DE-529), DANFS history entry
located on the Haze Gray & Underway web site.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
None Located
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