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- | William A. T. Maddox, born in Charles County, Md., in 1814, commanded a volunteer company in the Creek and Seminole Wars in 1836, and was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps 14 October 1837. Serving in the Mexican War, he was breveted captain for "gallant and meritorious conduct" as Military Commandant of the Middle District of California during a Mexican uprising at Monterey and during the Battle of Santa Clara, 3 January 1847. Captain Maddox retired in 1880 and died in Washington, D.C., 1 January 1889. | Robert M. Cieri | |
| 54k | Undated, location unknown. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 9d. | - | |
| 140k | Undated, location unknown. | - | |
| 76k | Undated postcard. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 72k | Undated postcard. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 188k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the archives of Florida State University. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 84k | August 1944, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 40k | August 1944, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
| 69k | View capturing the dazzle camouflage on MADDOX being painted out by ship's company. Only a remnant of the pattern remains on the bow. Photo taken at Ulithi anchorage between 7 and 13 March, 1945, from RINGGOLD, Dwight Spayth collection. | John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder | |
| 152k | USS DeHaven (DD-727) and USS Maddox (DD-731) at Mare Island in December 1945. | Ed Zajkowski/Bill Gonyo | |
| 183k | January 3 1946 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 188k | January 4 1946 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
| 147k | Aft plan view of USS Maddox (DD 731) at Mare Island on 5 Jan 46. | Darryl Baker | |
| 82k | Forward plan view of USS Maddox (DD 731) at Mare Island on 5 Jan 46. | Darryl Baker | |
| 165k | USS Maddox (DD-731) steamining astern of USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) off San Diego, California, 3 March 1954. Note her anti-submarine armament aft: a single depth charge rack on her stern with K-Gun depth charge throwers at the deck sides forward of then after 5"/38 gun mount (Photo No NH 97903). | Robert Hurst | |
| 137k | USS Maddox (DD-731) underway at sea, 28 January 1955. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 38k | Circa 1957-1958. | Al Kaplan | |
| 128k | USS Maddox underway with crewmen manning the rail forward and amidships, during the 1950s. This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was probably taken some years earlier (Photo No NH 97901). | Robert Hurst | |
| 133k | USS Maddox underway during the 1950s (Photo No NH97902). | Robert Hurst | |
| 87k | USS Maddox operating with an Anti-Submarine Squadron 23 (VS-23) S2F Tracker aircraft (with its MAD boom extended), during a joint Canadian-United States ASW exercise, 16 August 1959. Photographed by PHC Kirchir (Photo No NH 97910). | Robert Hurst | |
| 134k | USS Maddox operating at sea, circa the early 1960s (Photo No NH 97900). | Robert Hurst | |
| 86k | USS Maddox standing by as a Polaris missile fired by USS Ethan Allan (SSBN-608) breaks the surface of the Pacific Ocean during Exercise "Frigate Bird" of Operation "Dominic" 6 May 1962. Photographed by PH1 Burwell (Photo No NH 97906). | Robert Hurst | |
| 108k | USS Maddox (DD-731) underway at sea in 1963. Photographed from USS Oriskany (CVA-34). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 129k | USS Maddox (DD-731) Arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 19 March 1964. Photographed by PH3 B.J. Long, of the Commander 14th Naval District Photo Lab. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 100k | USS Maddox (DD-731) Operating off Oahu, Hawaii, on 21 March 1964. Photographed by PH2 Antoine. Note that the ship had recently been refitted with an SPS-40 air search radar. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 62k | Photo #: KN-11060: Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 1964, oil on canvas by Commander E.J. Fitzgerald, January 1965. It depicts the engagement between USS Maddox (DD-731) and three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats on 2 August 1964. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Scott Dyben | |
| 87k | Lieutenant Commander Dempster M. Jackson, USN, Executive officer of USS Maddox (DD-731), kneels next to the hole made by the machine gun bullet that hit his ship's Mk.56 director pedestal during the engagement between Maddox and three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats on 2 August 1964. The bullet is lodged in the hole. Taken by a USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) photographer on 10 August 1964. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 82k | Photo #: NH 97898. Captain John J. Herrick, USN, Commander Destroyer Division 192 (at left) and Commander Herbert L. Ogier, USN, Commanding Officer of USS Maddox (DD-731), on board Maddox on 13 August 1964. They were in charge of the ship during her engagement with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats on 2 August 1964. Photographed by PH3 White. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 103k | USS Maddox (DD-731) Entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 15 August 1966. Photographed by Lt. M.M. McClure. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | Fred Weiss | |
| 91k | Location unknown, circa 1971. | Marc Piché | |
| 63k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
| 35k | Ship's patch. | Mike Smolinski | |
CDR James S. Willis Jun 2 1944 - Jan 27 1945 CDR Selby K. Santmyers Jan 27 1945 - Mar 28 1947 CDR Richard D. Harwood Mar 28 1947 - May 7 1948 CDR Douglas G. Anstett May 7 1948 - Jul 11 1948 CDR Carleton Edgar Mott Jul 11 1948 - Jul 22 1949 CDR Preston B. Haines Jr. Jul 22 1949 - Oct 22 1951 CDR Hugh Allen Hanna Oct 22 1951 - Dec 16 1953 CDR Edwin H. Keifer Dec 16 1953 - Oct 1 1955 CDR William E. Norrington Oct 1 1955 - Oct 21 1957 CDR James M. Ashley Jr. Oct 21 1957 - Jan 7 1960 CDR James Abner Payne Jan 7 1960 - Jul 1 1961 CDR Dixon Lademan Jul 1 1961 - Nov 23 1962 CDR Herbert Leakin Ogier Jr. Nov 23 1962 - Aug 25 1964 CDR A. C. Lassiter Jr. Aug 25 1964 - Sep 11 1965 CDR Thomas Howard Mc Glaughlin Sep 11 1965 - Sep 29 1967 CDR John Geis Shaw Sep 29 1967 - May 23 1969 CDR Daniel Thomas Bridge May 23 1969 - Sep 15 1970 CDR Homer Omans Mains Jr. Sep 15 1970 - Jun 16 1972 LCDR Richard J. Ference Jun 16 1972 - Jul 6 1972
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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