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	Essay: 40th Anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
		Photograph taken from USS Maddox (DD-731) during her engagement with three North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, 2 August 1964.
		The naval battle between the destroyer USS Maddox and several North Vietnamese torpedo boats occurred on August 2, 1964, in the immediate aftermath of a series of 34-A maritime raids on North Vietnamese coastal targets.
		There were photographs of the North Vietnamese torpedo boats engaged in a fire-fight with the Maddox, Admiral Thomas H. Moorer retained a dud shell from one of the Vietnamese vessels as a souvenir, and numerous Maddox sailors confirmed sighting at least three torpedoes.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB132/essay.htm (4109 words)

	USS Maddox - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first Maddox (DD-168) was christened in 1918, transferred to the Royal Navy, transferred to the Russian Navy, then given back to the RN.
		The second USS Maddox (DD-622) was christened in 1942.
		The third USS Maddox (DD-731), was christened in 1944.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/U.S.S._Maddox (111 words)

	The USS Maddox
		In 1836, William Maddox had served in the war with the Creeks and Seminole Indians as First Lieutenant, commanding a company of volunteers under General Jessup and on 14 October 1837 was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps from the State of Maryland.
		The Maddox was assigned to the Third Fleet and she was badly damaged off Okinawa in 1944 by a bomb from a Japanese Kamikaze plane.
		Maddox was once again deployed in the Western Pacific from 13 March 1964 until 2 October 1964, assigned to escort duty.
	users.1st.net /themaddoxs/mfussmad.htm (1483 words)

	The USS MADDOX DD-731
		MADDOX was again deployed in the Western Pacific from 13 March 1964 to 2 October 1964.
		During the early part of August 1964, MADDOX was assigned special patrol duty in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam.
		MADDOX was on station in the South China Sea for a cumulative total of 82 days during the summer of 1964.
	members.tripod.com /~USS_Helena_CA75/maddox.html (799 words)

	USS MADDOX ASSOCIATION
		To the men of the USS Maddox who gave their lives in defense of the United States of America.
		Norman reentered the Navy at the outbreak of the Korean conflict and served proudly on the USS Vogelgesang (DD-862) as a commissioned officer with the rank of Lieutenant Junior Grade.
		USS Maddox, Naval Art - Note: As so many of you have pointed out, this is not USS Maddox, but a Fram destroyer.
	www.ussmaddox.org (1925 words)

	Selected Documents: Vietnam: Tonkin Gulf, USS Maddox, 2-4 Aug 1964
		On 2 August 1964, USS Maddox (DD 731), commanded by CDR Herbert L. OGIER, Jr., USN, with Commander Destroyer Division 192 (CTG 72.1), Captain J. HERRICK, USN, embarked, was conducting a surveillance and intelligence patrol (DESOTO) in the Gulf of Tonkin.
		The Maddox and Turner Joy increased speed to 30 knots and headed southeast at 2012, attempting to evade what appeared to be an ambush.
		SOPA and OTC is COMDESDIV 192/CTG 72.1 embarked in Maddox.
	www.history.navy.mil /docs/vietnam/tonkin-3.htm (4546 words)

	USN Ships--USS Maddox (DD-731) -- Actions in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 1964
		Maddox called for air support from the carrier Ticonderoga, whose planes strafed the three boats, leaving one dead in the water and burning.
		Maddox was soon ordered to resume her patrol, this time accompanied by the larger and newer destroyer Turner Joy.
		Track chart of the action involving USS Maddox (DD-731) and USS Turner Joy (DD-951) on the night of 4 August 1964, during the second part of the Gulf of Tonkin incident.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/dd731-k.htm (1140 words)

	USN Ships--USS Maddox (DD-731)
		USS Maddox, a 2200-ton Allen M. Sumner class destroyer, was built at Bath, Maine.
		Maddox began the post-World War II era by transporting veterans from the Far East to the United States.
		USS Maddox (DD-731) -- Actions in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 1964.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/dd731.htm (1003 words)

	Fletcher Class Destroyer
		USS Bassett APD73 launches LCVPS to rescue 150 crew members of USS Indianapolis CA-35, sunk by a Japanese submarine, having delivered components of the Atomic Bomb.
		USS Hornet, Eye of the Storm by Anthony Saunders Late October 1942 in the waters east of Guadalcanal, the Battle of Santa Cruz saw the sinking of the US carrier Hornet, in what proved to be the last major carrier battle of the South Pacific theatre.
		On August 2nd, 1945 the USS Bassett APD-73 was on Anti-submarine patrol off the coast of Leyte Island.
	www.naval-art.com /us_destroyers.htm (877 words)

	9-11 Review: The Gulf of Tonkin Incident
		In the Gulf of Tonkin incident, North Vietnamese torpedo boats supposedly attacked the USS Maddox in the Gulf of Tonkin, off Vietnam, in a pair of assaults on August 2 and 4 of 1964.
		First, media descriptions of the August 2nd attack as an "unprovoked attack" against a U.S. destroyer on "routine patrol" hid the fact that the Maddox was providing support for South Vietnamese military operations against the North.
		On August 4, a new DESOTO patrol to North Vietnam coast was launched by Maddox and the C. Turner Joy.
	www.911review.com /precedent/century/tonkin.html (505 words)

	USS Maddox by Randall Wilson (GS) - Cranston Fine Arts
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		USS Maddox by Randall Wilson (GS) - Cranston Fine Arts
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	1964 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		August 4 - American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi, after disappearing on June 21.
		August 4 - Vietnam War: United States destroyers USS Maddox and USS C.
		August 5 - Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow - Aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against US destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1964 (5068 words)

	USS Maddox Naval Art
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		USS Maddox engages Vietnamese torpedo boats in naval art print USS Maddox by naval artist Randall Wilson.
		USS Maddox engaging North Vietnamese Torpedo Boats with 5" gunfire.
	www.military-art.com /dhm727.htm (249 words)

	USS Maddox DD 731
		Renamed Po Yang, Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1985.
		We are seeking information on the USS Maddox and her crews.
		Files and photos may be E-mailed to us and we will incorporate them into this page.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/dd731 (94 words)

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