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The first
''Mason'' (DD-191)
was named for
John Young Mason
,
Secretary Of The Navy
under
Presidents
John Tyler
and
James K. Polk
.
The second
''Mason'' (DE-529)
was named for Ensign
Newton Henry Mason
, a naval aviator and posthumous
Distinguished Flying Cross
awardee.
The third
''Mason'' (DDG-87)
, commissioned in April
2003
, honors the
African-American
crew members of the second ''Mason''.
See also
USS ''Leonard F. Mason'' (DD-852)
.
