The U.S.S. Maddox Papers contain records pertaining to two destroyers named after Captain William A.T. Maddox of the United States Marine Corps. Maddox (DD-622) was launched September 15 1942, and sunk in the Mediterranean on July 10, 1943. Maddox (DD-731) was launched on March 19, 1944, and was decommissioned in 1969.