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    1484805; -81.7748860 USS Maddox (DD-731), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer. It was named after Captain William A. T. Maddox of the United States...
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  • given back to the Royal Navy USS Maddox (DD-622), christened in 1942 and sunk the next year by a German bomber USS Maddox (DD-731), christened in 1944. After...
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    Navy who was Commander of Destroyer Division 192 embarked aboard the USS Maddox (DD 731) during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in August 1964. As the destroyer...
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    sold to Chile, 5 sold to Brazil and 4 to Argentina. Currently, only USS Laffey (DD-724) located at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina remains as...
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  • April 1952. USS Maddox (DD-731) superficial damage after being hit by a shore battery at Wonsan, North Korea, no casualties, 30 April 1952. USS Leonard F...
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    three North Vietnamese Swatow-class patrol boats attacked the destroyer USS Maddox in what became known as the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. The second attack...
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    warfare "DeSoto missions" to identify these installations and sent the USS Maddox (DD-731), leading to the Tonkin Gulf Incident. The number of vessels dramatically...
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  • battery. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier when she was commissioned in 1961. USS Maddox (DD-731) was an Allen...
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    1964, while on a DESOTO patrol in the Tonkin Gulf, the destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) engaged three North Vietnamese Navy P-4 torpedo boats from the 135th...
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  • alleged attack by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on American destroyer, USS Maddox DD-731]. The misinterpreted incident took place in the Gulf of Tonkin off...
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  • Evening Post in 1952. Filming took place in San Diego and on the USS Maddox (DD-731). The film's sets were designed by the art director Dave Milton. It...
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    War USS Maddox (DD-731) Battle of Okinawa – Korean War – Gulf of Tonkin Incident – Vietnam War USS Hyman (DD-732) Battle of Okinawa – Korean War USS Mannert...
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    Just after the incident involving the US Navy destroyers USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951), and even before it escalated into the presidential...
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    confronted the U.S. Navy destroyers USS Maddox (DD-731) on 2 August and may have confronted the destroyer USS Turner Joy (DD-951) on 4 August. Bashaw was one...
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  • ("Firefish", were based on the supposed PT boat attacks on USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951) in the Tonkin Gulf. These surface craft were very...
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  • damaged 13 January. USS LST-738 was scuttled by destroyer USS Hall (DD-583) USS LST-750 was scuttled by destroyer USS Edwards (DD-619) Decommissioned...
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    Cartoon Division. The Gulf of Tonkin incident took place when the destroyer USS Maddox engaged three North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats of the 135th Torpedo...
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  • lost thirty-five of her men killed, another twenty-five wounded. USS Maddox (DD-731) was acting as picket for carriers off Formosa (Taiwan) on 21 January...
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    ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946) -...
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    Vietnam's coastal defense. Admiral Sharp would dispatch the destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731) to the area, leading to the first Gulf of Tonkin incident on August...
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    USS Taylor (DD/DDE-468) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral William Rogers Taylor (1811–1889). She was laid...
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    USS Preston (DD-795), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston (1840–1865)...
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    out of service on 12 July 1969, Vammen's NRT crew was transferred to Maddox (DD-731); and the ship herself was turned over to the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance...
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    ID-3011) USS Maddox (DD-168, DD-622, DD-731) USS Madera (APA-244) USS Madera County (LST-905) USS Madgie (1858) USS Madison (1812, 1832, DD-425) USS Madokawando...
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    Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. p. 94. ISBN 0-9506323-9-2. "U.S.S. Abbot (DD 184), 1919-1940". U.S.S. Abbot. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012...
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    Publishing, 1998. pp. 81–82 "The first victim of the air attack was USS Maddox (DD-622), which was steaming alone on antisubmarine patrol when she was...
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    Clifton, Colorado Jul 4 Cora Burks #218 Jul 6 Borger, Texas Jul 4 G.F. Maddox #219 Jul 6 San Pedro, California Jul 4 Edward Mutchler #221 Jul 6 Redondo...
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  • U-boat was pursued and attacked by the United States destroyer Tattnall (DD-125), but escaped. The next day, 8 July, U-759 was spotted and attacked by...
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