page_title: USS Mason (DDG-87)
section_title: Etymology
hierarchical_section_title: USS Mason (DDG-87) / Etymology
caption_attribution_description: English: Persian Gulf (Jan. 2, 2005) — The guided missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG-87) patrols the Northern Persian Gulf. Mason is on her first deployment to the Persian Gulf as part of the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) Carrier Strike Group, to support coalition efforts in the Global War on Terrorism.
context_page_description: USS Mason (DDG-87) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the non-segregated crew serving onboard USS MASON. This ship is the 37th destroyer of its class. USS Mason was the 21st ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 19 January 2000. She was launched and christened on 23 June 2001. On 12 April 2003, a commissioning ceremony was held at Port Canaveral, Florida. She is currently homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.
context_section_description: This is the third U.S. Navy warship with the name USS Mason. The first Mason (DD-191), in service from 1920 to 1941, was named for John Young Mason, well known for his service as the Secretary of the Navy for two American Presidents. The second Mason (DE-529) was named for Ensign Newton Henry Mason, a Naval Aviator who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. This ship 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.
caption: Mason in the Persian Gulf, January 2005
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