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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
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<ol>Evarts Class Destroyer Escort<br/>
Keel Laid October 14 1943 - Launched November 17 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS MASON DE-529'''<br/>
Commissioned March 20 1944 - Decommissioned October 12 1945<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 1 1945<br/>
Sold March 18 1947 to Mr. Thomas Harris of Barber, NJ for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"U.S.S. MASON<br/>REUNION STATION"<br/><br/>Boston MA
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1995-05-20
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Crew Reunion, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Donald_R_Wilson_ | Donald R. Wilson]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Newton Henry Mason USNR (December 24 1918 - May 9 1942)<br/>
Mason enlisted as a Seaman in the Naval Reserve, November 7 1940 and on February 10 1941 was appointed an Aviation Cadet. Assigned to Fighting Squadron 3 in September, he died following aerial combat against Japanese forces in the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 8-9 1942. Ensign Mason was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his skill and courage in battle

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