USS Goldsborough (DD-188)
USS Goldsborough, circa in 1920 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Goldsborough |
| Namesake | Louis M. Goldsborough |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down | 8 June 1918 |
| Launched | 20 November 1918 |
| Commissioned | 26 January 1920 |
| Decommissioned | 14 July 1922 |
| Reclassified | Small seaplane tender, AVP-18, 15 November 1939 |
| Recommissioned | 1 July 1940 |
| Reclassified |
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| Decommissioned | 11 October 1945 |
| Stricken | 24 October 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Clemson-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,215 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km; 5,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | |
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USS Goldsborough (DD-188/AVP-18/AVD-5/APD-32) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough (1805–1877). Entering service in 1920, the ship had a brief active life before being placed in reserve in 1922. Goldsborough was reactivated for World War II and was used as an aircraft tender, destroyer and high speed transport in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Following the war, the ship was sold for scrapping in 1946.