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First Predominately Negro Ship Commissioned USS Mason (DE-529), Boston, Massachusetts

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This item consists of a photograph depicting two sailors standing before the newly-commissioned USS Mason, whose entire enlisted crew were African American, at the Boston Navy Yard.
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Keywords

  1. African American Sailors
  2. African Americans
  3. Sailors
  4. Ships
  5. Warships

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