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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.
  • 1 November 1945: Stricken
  • 18 March 1947: Sold for scrapping at Charleston, S.C. to Mr. Thomas Harris of Barber, N.J.
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    Mason 94k 17 November 1943: Boston MA - USS Mason (DE 529) being launched at the Boston Navy Yard. Nick Tiberio
    Mason 94k 20 March 1944: Boston MA - 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
    Mason 77k August 1944: at sea in a dazzle camouflage scheme -
    View the USS Mason (DE 529), DANFS history entry
    located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    None
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