USS Mason (DDG-87) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Black crewmembers who served on board USS Mason (DE-529) during the period of racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces .

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USS MASON (DDG 87) is the third ship to bear the name and is the 37th ship of the Arleigh Burke Class of AEGIS Guided Missile Destroyers. The First ship to bear the name MASON was named for John...

Newton Henry Mason (24 December 1918 – May 1942) was a United States Navy fighter pilot who was killed in action at the Battle of the Coral Sea. Mason was born in New York City on 24 December 1918. He enlisted as a seaman in the United States Naval Reserve on 7 November 1940 and on 10 February 1941 was appointed an aviation cadet.

Jul 3, 2024 · Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) returned to Naval Station Mayport, July 2, 2024, after being deployed for more than eight months in the U.S. Naval Forces Central...

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Jul 3, 2024 · The Navy destroyer Mason returned home to Naval Station Mayport, Florida, on Monday after more than eight months of deployment, in which it “faced unprecedented attacks” from Iran-backed ...

Jun 10, 2024 · MEDITERRANEAN SEA - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) transited the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 7, 2024. Mason entered the U.S. 5th Fleet...

USS Mason was the first US Navy fleet vessel crewed by a majority of African American sailors. The citation for Newton H. Mason’s Distinguished Flying Cross briefly extols his actions as a US Navy fighter pilot during the Battle of Coral Sea on May 7-8, 1942.

Jun 8, 2024 · Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) transited the Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 7, 2024. Mason entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations on...