HMS Georgetown (I40)
Service
- as USS Maddox10 March 1919 — 23 September 1940388 days of the war
- as HMS Georgetown23 September 1940 — 10 August 19441,417 days of the war
- as GeorgetownSeptember 1942 — December 1943483 days of the war
- as Doblestny ("Valiant")10 August 1944 — 4 February 1949388 days of the war
- Name
- HMS Georgetown
- Pennant / hull number
- I40
- Namesake
- William A. T. Maddox
- Builder
- Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
- Laid down
- 20 July 1918
- Launched
- 27 October 1918
- Commissioned
- 10 March 1919
- Decommissioned
- 14 June 1922
- Recommissioned
- 17 June 1940
- Struck
- 8 January 1941
- Fate
- Returned to UK, 4 February 1949 for scrapping, 16 September 1952 (1949)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,060 long tons (1,077 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.45 m (31 ft)
- Draught
- 2.44 m (8 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 101
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
(Destroyer No. 168; dpl. 1,060; l. 314'5"; b. 31'8"; dr. 8'6"; s. 35 k.; cpl. 101; a. 4 4", 2 1‑pdr., 12 21" tt.; cl. Wickes )
William A. T. Maddox, born in Charles County, Md., in 1814, commanded a volunteer company in the Creek and Seminole Wars in 1836, and was appointed 2d lieutenant in the Marine Corps 14 October 1837. Serving in the Mexican 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, 3 January 1847. Captain Maddox retired in 1880 and died in Washington, D.C., 1 January 1889.
Maddox, Destroyer No. 168, was laid down 20 July 1918 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass.; 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.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Maddox I (Destroyer No. 168)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 4 x 4"/50 caliber guns
- 2 × 1-pounder guns
- 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
Sister ships
- HMCS Annapolis (I04)
- HMCS Caldwell (I20)
- HMCS Chelsea (I35)
- HMCS Columbia (I49)
- HMCS Georgetown (I40)
- HMCS Hamilton (I24)
- HMCS Leamington (G19)
- HMCS Lincoln (G42)
- HMCS Mansfield (G76)
- HMCS Montgomery (G95)
- HMCS Niagara (I57)
- HMCS Richmond (G88)
- HMCS Salisbury (I52)
- HMCS St. Clair (I65)
- HMS Bath (I17)
- HMS Brighton (I08)
- HMS Caldwell (I20)
- HMS Campbeltown (I42)
- HMS Castleton (I23)
- HMS Charlestown (I21)
- HMS Chelsea (I35)
- HMS Hamilton (I24)
- HMS Lancaster (G05)
- HMS Leamington (G19)
Sources
- Facts harvested from HMS Georgetown (I40) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Maddox I (Destroyer No. 168) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//7/media-7276/large.jpg This photograph FL 3224 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons