NHHC's Maddox II history identifies the second ship as DD-622. Ellen-Venita Browning Wilhoit Gay, Captain Maddox's great-granddaughter, sponsored it. On 10 July 1943 a German bomb detonated its aft magazine off Sicily; it sank within two minutes and 74 crew members were saved. Lt. Cmdr. Eugene S. Sarsfield received the Navy Cross posthumously, and DD-622 earned two World War II battle stars. The official account controls where the archive differs on the hull number, sinking interval, survivor count, or sponsor's name.