USS Goldsborough (DDG-20)
![]() USS Goldsborough off Bahrain in 1986
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Name | Goldsborough |
Namesake | Louis M. Goldsborough |
Ordered | 25 March 1960 |
Builder | Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company |
Laid down | 3 January 1961 |
Launched | 15 December 1961 |
Commissioned | 9 November 1963 |
Decommissioned | 29 April 1993 |
Stricken | 29 April 1993 |
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Fate | Sold to Australia for parts and scrapped |
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Class and type | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
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Length | 437 ft (133 m) |
Beam | 47 ft (14 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
Complement | 354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted) |
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Aircraft carried | None |
USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) was a
Ship history
Construction
Goldsborough was laid down by the Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company at Seattle in Washington on 3 January 1961, was 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.
1960s and 70s
Goldsborough joined the Pacific Fleet on 25 December 1963, as a unit of Cruiser-Destroyer Force with her home port at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
After her
The guided missile destroyer headed for the Orient once more on 9 February 1966 to bolster the 7th Fleet. In April she provided gunfire support for
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While in berth at Pearl Harbor on 24 November 1965, an anti-submarine torpedo was discharged from the ship accidentally and hit the pier.
In August 1966, Goldsborough entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for overhaul and extensive modification. In 1967 she participated in "
In November 1968 Goldsborough made her fourth Western Pacific deployment in five years, participating in eighty-eight gunfire missions in support of Vietnam, Republic of Korea, and U. S. Marine and Army forces.
In 1969 Goldsborough participated in the
After a yard period in 1970, Goldsborough made a fifth West-Pac tour, departing Pearl in August and returning in February 1971. Again she provided Naval Gunfire Support for allied troops, and carried out carrier escort duties in the Gulf of Tonkin. Later that year she visited Portland, Oregon, for the 1971 Rose Festival.
In September 1971 Goldsborough departed on her sixth deployment to the Western Pacific, providing Naval Gunfire Support for allied ground troops and performing carrier escort services.
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In early 1972 she was assigned to the recovery Task Force for Apollo 16. Departing again on 13 October 1972 for her seventh deployment to the Western Pacific, this would be her last trip to the "gunline" of Vietnam. On 19 December, while conducting a combat mission Goldsborough was hit by coastal artillery fire. The shore battery put a hole five feet wide through an upper deck, killing three sailors and wounding several others.[1] The ship's crew received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for service between October 1972 and February 1973. The ship returned to Pearl Harbor in May 1973.
In mid-1976 after leaving port in Singapore, and conducting
1980s
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In November 1982, a seaman was killed when heavy seas tossed him against a stanchion. He was the only fatality when Hurricane Iwa struck Hawaii.[2]
In 1988 the Goldsborough deployed with a battlegroup centered around the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson, CVN-70. The battlegroup supported Operation Earnest Will, conducting missions in and around the Straits of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. Goldsborough had received the New Threat Upgrade (NTU),giving her advanced sensor and communications capabilities. As such the ship frequently was assigned to the Straits of Hormuz, Eastern Patrol Area (SOHEPA) to monitor air activity inside Iranian borders. At the end of the deployment, Goldsborough made port visits to Pattaya Beach, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Subic Bay in the Philippines.Goldsborough suffered minor damage while passing through Typhoon Roy en route to Hong Kong.
Decommissioning
Goldsborough was decommissioned and stricken from the
The ship was towed from Hawaii to Australia at a cost of A$559,706,[6][verification needed] and arrived in Sydney on 2 February 1994, then was berthed at Fleet Base East.[4] A four-man team set about removing equipment for installation at the new training facility, and for the Australian destroyers.[5] While in Australian hands, the team painted the number 40 on the bow, filling a gap in the pennant number sequence for their three destroyers.[5] After all usable equipment had been stripped, Goldsborough was sold to an Indian company in August 1994 for ship breaking.[5]
References
- ISBN 9781135864668.
- ^ Central Pacific Hurricane Center (1982). "1982 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season". Retrieved 17 December 2006.
- ISBN 1-59114-685-2.
- ^ a b c d e Robert Ray (15 March 1994). "Answers to Questions: USS Goldsborough". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Commonwealth of Australia: Senate. p. 1648.
- ^ a b c d "Final Disposition". USS Goldsborough (DDG 20) Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ^ Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Senate. Commomwealth Government Printer. 1995. p. 2213.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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