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No Photo Available	-	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
	154k	Artist's conception of the Maddox as built in a cutaway view by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	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
	160k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	145k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	168k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	143k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	191k	Undated, location unknown.		Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	83k	The Launching at Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME on March 19 1944.		James Harte
	204k	August 1944, location unknown. Photo used in Vietnam War time period article.		Robert Hurst/Tommy Trampp
	223k	1947 AP Wire photo used in describing the North Vietnamese attack on the Maddox.		Tommy Trampp
	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
	142k	USS Maddox (DD-731) in heavy seas as Typhoon Cobra overtakes the Third Fleet on 17/18 December 1944. US Navy photo from the US National Archives.		Robert Hurst
	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
	175k 124k	USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) in Nanaimo Harbor, B.C., Canada in 1949 for Victoria Day.		Jim Barr
	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
	230k	USS Hancock (CVA-19) underway, circa 1957. CAPT Charles Joseph Odend'hal, Jr., Commanding. AJ-2 Savages from VAH-6 "Fleurs" are amidships, AD Skyraiders aft. Destroyers USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747) and USS Maddox (DD-731) are to starboard and port of Hancock, respectively.		The Odend'hal Family
	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
	181k	USS Currituck (AV-7), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Brush (DD-745), USS Jenkins (DD-447) and USS O'Bannon (DD-450) at Okinawa circa 1961-1962.		Gary Priolo
	314k 273k	Yokosuka, October 7 1961, with the Maddox and 10 other destroyers being serviced by the USS Piedmont (AD-17)		Ed Zajkowski
	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
	47k	View of the Maddox as seen from the USS Ticonderoga during her 1963 WestPac cruise, 3 Jan-15 July.		Sal Vacca
	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
	112k	Another view of the 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.		Tommy Trampp
	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
	43k	USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) and USS Maddox (DD-731) at Long Beach in 1965.		Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.)
	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
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