USS Mason (DE-529)

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Evarts-class destroyer escort
gptkbp:armament 2 × depth charge tracks
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
8 × depth charge projectors
8 × 20 mm AA guns
3 × 3 in guns
3 × 21 in torpedo tubes
1 × quad 1.1 in gun
gptkbp:beam 35 ft
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Boston_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:commissioned 20 March 1944
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 156
gptkbp:decommissioned 12 October 1945
gptkbp:displacement 1,140 tons
gptkbp:draught 11 ft
gptkbp:fate Scrapped in 1947
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Mason (DE-529)
gptkbp:launched 17 November 1943
gptkbp:length 289 ft
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Newton_Henry_Mason
gptkbp:notableFor First US Navy ship with a predominantly African-American crew
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 21 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Mason_(DDG-87)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6