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U.S. Navy African American sailors lined up for the USS Mason's commissioning ceremony, Boston Navy Yard

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@ Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

Naval Photographic Center (U.S.)

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Caption on back: "Skipper and some of Negro sailors of the USS [United States ship] MASON, destroyer escort, first U.S. Naval vessel with a predominantly Negro crew, at the ship's commissioning ceremony on March 20 at Boston Navy Yard; Lieutenant Commander William M. Blackford, USNR [United States Naval Reserve] of Seattle, Washington, who assumed command of the vessel, and his men smile despite the driving snow.
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Photographs Gelatin Silver Prints
Created Date:
1944 03 20
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. The New York Public Library

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The New York Public Library

Keywords

  1. African American Soldiers
  2. African Americans
  3. Armed Forces
  4. Boston (Mass.)
  5. Mason (Destroyer Escort)
  6. Military Uniforms
  7. Navies
  8. United States
  9. United States. Navy
  10. World War, 1939 1945

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