DD-731

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DD-731 is the hull number of USS Maddox, a U.S. Navy destroyer best known for its involvement in the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident during the Vietnam War.

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instanceOf Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer
United States Navy destroyer
adversaryInIncident North Vietnam
armamentWartime 10 × 21 in torpedo tubes
11 × 20 mm AA guns
12 × 40 mm AA guns
6 × 5 in/38 caliber guns
depth charge projectors
awarded Korean War battle stars
Vietnam Service medals
World War II battle stars
beam 12.0 m
builder Bath Iron Works
class Allen M. Sumner class
commissioned 1944-06-02
conflict Korean War
Vietnam War
World War II
country United States of America
crewComplementWartime approximately 336
dateOfEvent 1964-08-02
decommissioned 1972-07-02
displacementFullLoad approximately 3,200 tons
displacementStandard approximately 2,200 tons
draft 4.6 m
fate transferred to Republic of China Navy
flag United States
homeport various U.S. Pacific Fleet bases
hullNumber DD-731
laidDown 1943-10-28
launched 1944-03-19
length 114.8 m
locationOfEvent Gulf of Tonkin
maximumSpeed 34 knots
missionDuringIncident signals intelligence patrol
namedAfter William A. T. Maddox
notableEvent Gulf of Tonkin incident
operator United States Navy
pennantNumber DD-731
powerOutput 60,000 shp
propulsion 2 geared steam turbines
4 boilers
scrapped after service in Republic of China Navy
serviceEntry World War II era
subsequentName ROCS Po Yang (DD-10)
successorOperator Republic of China Navy
theaterOfOperations Gulf of Tonkin
Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan

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USS Maddox (DD-731) pennantNumber DD-731
subject linked to: DD-731