DD-731

E536091

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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
DD-731 canonical 3

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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