Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Clemson |
Pennant | AVD 5 |
Mod | Sea plane tender |
Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 8 Jun 1918 |
Launched | 20 Nov 1918 |
Commissioned | 26 Jan 1920 |
End service | 11 Oct 1945 |
History | Decommissioned on 14 July 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Goldsborough (AVD 5)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Stanley John Michael, USN | 1 Jul 1940 | 2 Aug 1940 |
2 | Lt.Cdr. Roland Philip Kauffman, USN | 2 Aug 1940 | 17 Aug 1942 (1) |
3 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Irvin Darnell, USN | 17 Aug 1942 | 28 Nov 1942 |
4 | T/Cdr. Reid Puryear Fiala, USN | 28 Nov 1942 | 20 Jul 1943 |
5 | William Joseph Meehan, 3rd, USNR | 20 Jul 1943 | 24 Feb 1945 |
6 | Lt. Clifford Edson Caton, USNR | 24 Feb 1945 | Aug 1945 |
7 | Frank Thomas Hyde, USNR | Aug 1945 | Sep 1945 |
8 | Charles John Harvi, USNR | Sep 1945 | 11 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Goldsborough include:
13 Aug 1943
USS Goldsborough (Lt. W.J. Meehan, USNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Fort Halkett that was sunk by German U-boat U-185 about 600 miles southeast of Natal, Brazil in position 09°30'S, 26°50'W on 6 August.
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