GOLDSBOROUGH DDG 20

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Charles F. Adams Class Guided Missile Destroyer Keel Laid 3 January 1961 - Launched 15 December 1961 USS GOLDSBOROUGH DDG-20 Commissioned 9 November 1963 - Decommissioned 30 April 1993 Struck from Naval Register 29 April 1993 Sold to Australia 17 September 1993 for spare parts

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1. USS Goldsborough DDG-20 Covers Page 1    (1963-1993)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2(n+)

1963-11-09

First Day in Commission, cachet by Morris W. Beck

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1965-06-07

Gemini Space Program

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1965-08-29

Gemini Space Program

 

Locy Type 2(n+)

1969-07-24

Apollo Space Program

 

Locy Type 2(n+) (USS, lettering nearly fills dial)

1976-07-01

Port Visit to Singapore

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)

1980-04-01

Apollo Space Program, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Locy Type 2-1(n+) (D2,USS)

1983-11-09

Note:

 

Locy Type 2-1n+

1991-04-18

Note:

 

Locy Type 9ef(n+u) (USS, N.Y.)

1970-03-13

Note:

 

Locy Type 9-1p(n+u) (USS)

1984-12-07

Pearl Harbor Day cachet

 

Locy Type LDC 2-1n+

1993-04-30

Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (18 February 1805 - 20 February 1877)
        Goldsborough was appointed Midshipman 28 June 1812, but did not serve until 13 February 1816 when he reported for duty at the Washington Navy Yard. He led a four-boat night expedition from USS PORPOISE in September 1827 to rescue British Merchant Brig COMET from Mediterranean pirates. In 1830 he was appointed first officer in charge of the newly created Depot of Charts and Instruments at Washington, the rude beginning of the United States Hydrographic Office. It was Goldsborough who suggested creation of the depot and initiated the collection and centralization of the instruments, books and charts that were scattered among several Navy yards. After 2 years he was relieved by Lt. Charles Wilkes. Goldsborough led German emigrants to Wirt's Estates near Monticello, Fla., in 1833; then took leave from the Navy to command a steamboat expedition and later mounted volunteers in the Seminole War. After cruising the Pacific in Frigate USS UNITED STATES, he participated in the bombardment of Vera Cruz in USS Ohio. He served consecutively as: commander of a detachment in the expedition against Tuxpan; senior officer of a commission which explored California and Oregon (1849-1850); Superintendent of the Naval Academy (1853-1857); and commander of the Brazil Squadron (1859-1861). During his command of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron October 1861 to September 1862, he led his fleet off North Carolina, where in cooperation with troops under General Burnside, he captured Roanoke Island and destroyed a small Confederate fleet. After special administrative duties in Washington, D.C., he took command of the European Squadron in the last year of the Civil War, returning to Washington in 1868 to serve as Commander of the Washington Navy Yard until his retirement in 1873. Rear Admiral Goldsborough died February 20 1877.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Alan Bibb, wife of U.S. Senator Bibb of Nevada.

Three ships have been named in his honor - USS Goldsborough TB-20, USS Goldsborough DD-188 and USS Goldsborough DDG-20.

 

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