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USS ''Maddox'' (DD–168) was a ''Wickes'' class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS ''Georgetown'' (I-40), to the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS ''Georgetown'', and then to the Soviet Navy as ''Doblestny '' (or ''Zhyostky''; sources vary). She was the last "four piper" destroyer to be scrapped. ==History== Named for William A. T. Maddox, she was laid down 20 July 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched 27 October 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Clarence N. Hinkamp, granddaughter of Captain Maddox; and commissioned 10 March 1919, Comdr. Edward C. S. Parker in command. On 17 July 1920 she was designated DD-168. Assigned to Division 21, Atlantic Fleet, ''Maddox'' departed Boston 3 May 1919 for Trepassey, Newfoundland, en route to the Azores where she became part of a "bridge of ships" assigned to guide Navy flying boats NC-1 and NC-4 across the ocean on the first transatlantic flight. Returning to Boston on the 22d, the destroyer operated out of there until she sailed for Europe 26 August 1919. Arriving Brest, France, 19 September, she soon joined an honor escort for ''George Washington'', then bound for Ostend, Belgium, to embark the Belgian King and Queen for the United States. Detached on the 25th, ''Maddox'' commenced cross-channel service. Until 24 October she escorted ships and carried naval and Army passengers from Dover and Harwich to Boulogne, France, and the Hook of Holland. Departing Harwich 25 October, the four stacker proceeded through Kiel Canal to visit various Baltic ports. Returning to the United States 12 February 1920, ''Maddox'' operated out of Boston for the next 2 years, off the east coast. Departing Boston 25 February 1922 for Philadelphia, she decommissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard 14 June 1922. Inactive for the next 18 years, ''Maddox'' recommissioned 17 June 1940. After brief duty on mid-Atlantic Neutrality Patrol, she departed Newport, Rhode Island, 16 September 1940 for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she decommissioned 23 September 1940. The same day, under the destroyer-naval base agreement, she was transferred to Great Britain and commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Georgetown''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Maddox (DD-168)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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