MADDOX DD 168

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid 20 July 1918 - Launched 27 October 1918


1. USS MADDOX Destroyer No. 168
   Commissioned 10 March 1919
   
   
2. USS MADDOX DD-168
   Designated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 14 June 1922
   Recommissioned 17 June 1940 - Decommissioned 23 September 1940
   
   Stricken 8 January 1941
   
   
3. HMS GEORGETOWN I-40 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred 23 September 1940 to Great Britain (Famous Fifty)
   
   
4. HMCS GEORGETOWN (Canadian Naval Service)
   Transferred September 1942 to Royal Canadian Navy
   
   
5. HMS GEORGETOWN I-40 (British Naval Service)
   Transferred December 1943 to Great Britain
   
   
6. ZHOSTKI (Soviet Union Naval Service)
   Transferred August 1944 to Soviet Navy and renamed
   
   
7. HMS GEORGETOWN (British Naval Service)
   Transferred 9 September 1952 to Great Britain
   
   Scrapped 16 September 1952

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Maddox DD-168 Covers Page 1     (1940)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning 17 June 1940 to 23 September 1940

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "PHILA / PENN"

1940-07-24

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1940-07-24

First Day of Postal Service, cachet by Loring W. Stannard, sponsored by Tazewell G. Nicholson. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1940-07-24

First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type LDPS 3 (A-BTT) "NORFOLK / VA."

1940-09-12

Last Day of Postal Service. Official Business.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain William A. T. Maddox, USMC (1814 - 1 January 1889).
Maddox commanded a volunteer company in the Creek and Seminole Wars in 1836, and was appointed 2d Lieutenant in the Marine Corps on October 14 1837. Serving in the Mexican-American 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, California, January 3 1847.

The ships sponsor was Mrs Clarence N. Hinkamp, granddaughter of Captain Maddox.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Maddox DD-168, USS Maddox DD-622 and USS Maddox DD-731.

 

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