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USS Maddox (DD-731) (April 1964 photo) was attacked by three North Vietnamese Navy P-4 torpedo boats while on a Desoto surveillance mission on 2 August 1964. The P-4 conducted torpedo and gunfire attacks; the torpedoes missed but Maddox was struck by one