DD 731 (Sumner class) - Destroyers OnLine

Steaming astern of USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47),
off San Diego, California, March 3, 1954

Builder:        Bath Iron Works, Bath Me. 
Laid Down:      October 28, 1943
Launched:       March 19, 1944
Commissioned:   June 2, 1944
Decommissioned: July 2, 1972 (stricken)
Fate:           To Taiwan July 6, 1972. 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. When enough information has been assembled we will then build the ship her own section.