Keywords: Sailors the USS Mason (DE-529) in Boston, 20 March 1944.jpg Negro sailors of the USS Mason DE-529 commissioned at Boston Navy Yard on 20 March 1944 proudly look over their ship which is the first to have a predominately Negro crew http //www archives gov/research/african-americans/ww2-pictures/images/african-americans-wwii-064 jpg National Archives image 80-G-218861; also http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN HDSN9902594 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/HD-SN-99-02594 JPG HD-SN-99-02594 1944-03-20 US Navy Employee PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1944 in Boston USS Mason DE-529 Boston Navy Yard African American sailors |