Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 8 June 1943, "Maddox" yakabva kuNorfolk ichienda kuOran, Algeria, uko yakava chikamu cheTask Force 81 (TF 81), simba rekurwisa re
Kupinda kwevaSicily. Apo mauto okurwisa akazarura Hondo yeGela musi wa 10 July, "Maddox" akanga ari panzendo dzokurwisa ngarava dzepasi pemvura anenge makiromita 16 kure negungwa. Ichimhanya yoga, muparadzi wacho akarwiswa nebhomba reGermany Junkers Ju 88 reKG 54. Rimwe remabhomba rakaputika muhomwe yezvokudya ye"Maddox", richikonzera kuti ngarava idzokere ndokunyura mumaminiti maviri. Mutevedzeri Mukuru Mukuru Sarsfield akapiwa posthumously Navy Cross nokuda kwoushingi hwakaratidzwa mukutarisira ngarava yakasiyiwa. Chiito chake chakaponesa upenyu hwevashandi 74.