USS Goldsborough (DDG-20)
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 3 January 1961 |
| Launched: | 15 December 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 9 November 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 April 1993 |
| Fate: | sold for parts and scrapped |
| Struck: | 29 April 1993 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,500 tons |
| Length: | 437 ft |
| Beam: | 47 ft |
| Draught: | 22 ft |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 30+ kts |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 354 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | Tar. mis. 25" |
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| Motto: | Non Sibi - Not for self |
USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), named for Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough USN (1805-1877), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer
Goldsborough was laid down by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dry Dock Company at Seattle in Washington on 3 January 1961, launched on 15 December 1961 by Mrs. Alan Bible, wife of U.S. Senator Alan Bible of Nevada and commissioned on 9 November 1963, Captain Charles D. Allen, Jr., in command.
Goldsborough joined the U.S. Pacific Fleet 25 December 1963, as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Force with home-port at Pearl Harbor.
After shakedown out of Puget Sound, the new guided missile destroyer arrived Pearl Harbor 14 February 1964. Following qualification and acceptance tests, she sailed 18 April for Sydney, Australia, for the Coral Sea celebration and returned Pearl Harbor 1 June. She operated in Hawaiian waters in the summer and early fall, then got underway 23 November for Yokosuka and her first West-Pac deployment. After operations strengthening the 7th Fleet during the escalating war in Vietnam, Goldsborough returned to Pearl for ASW training.
The guided missile destroyer headed for the Orient once more 9 February 1966 to bolster the 7th Fleet. In April she provided gunfire support for Operation "Binh Phu I" firing 594 rounds of 5" ammunition at Viet Cong troop concentration and buildings. During the last half of the month she screened attack carriers at Yankee Station. Next came SEATO exercises in May and duty as station ship at Hong Kong in June. On 26 June Goldsborough was again off Vietnam on picket station. She sailed for Hawaii 16 July and reach Pearl Harbor on the 23d.
A month later she entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for overhaul and extensive modification to prepare for resumed action in 1967.
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Goldsborough was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 April 1993 and sold to Australia on 17 September 1993 as a parts hulk. After being stripped of all usable gear, her hull was towed to India where she was broken up.
See USS Goldsborough for other ships of this name.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
External links
- Reunion association site (http://www.ussgoldsborough.com/)