MASON DDG 87

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIa) Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 20 January 2000 - Launched & Christened 23 June 2001 USS MASON DDG-87 Commissioned (Special) 22 November 2002 Commissioned 12 April 2003

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mason DDG-87 Covers Page 1    (2000-2008)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 11-1(n) (USN, USS)

2003-04-12

Commissioning, cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Locy Type 11-1(n) (USN, USS)

2004-01-06

Ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 11-2 (USS, FPO AE 09578)

2018-01-17

Cachet by Dennis W. Gill

 

Locy Type 12-2(n) (USS, FPO AE 09578-1302)

2008-06-27

Ship's cachet, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F (USS, FPO AE 09578-1302) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-27

100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Ship's cachet, serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - USS MASON DDG-87 is named for the crew of the second Mason (DE-529) as this was the first ship in the US Navy with this distinction of a predominantly black crew.

Three ships of the US Navy have borne the name MASON -
USS Mason DD-191 was named solely for John Young Mason, Secretary of the Navy for Presidents John Tyler and James K. Polk
USS Mason DE-529 was named solely for Ensign Newton Henry Mason, USN who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor in aerial combat during World War II's Battle of Coral Sea.

 

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