GOLDSBOROUGH DD 188

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.

Clemson Class Destroyer
Keel Laid June 8 1918 - Launched November 20 1918


1. USS GOLDSBOROUGH Destroyer No. 188
   Commissioned January 26 1920
   
   
2. USS GOLDSBOROUGH DD-188
   Designated (DD) July 17 1920
   Decommissioned July 14 1922
   
   
3. USS GOLDSBOROUGH AVP-18
   Reclassified Sea Plane Tender (AVP) November 15 1939, While in reserve
   Recommissioned July 7 1940
   
   
4. USS GOLDSBOROUGH AVD-5
   Reclassified Seaplane Tender Destroyer (AVD) August 24 1940
   
   
5. USS GOLDSBOROUGH DD-188
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) December 1 1943
   
   
6. USS GOLDSBOROUGH APD-32
   Converted to High-speed Transport (APD) March 7 1944
   
   
7. USS GOLDSBOROUGH DD-188
   Reverted to Destroyer (DD) July 10 1945
   Decommissioned October 11 1945
   
   Struck from Naval Register October 24 1945
   Sold November 21 1946 and broken up for scrap

 

Naval Covers

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1. Goldsborough Covers Page 1    (1940-45)

 

Postmarks

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Post office reestablished July 1 1940 - Disestablished October 9 1945

 

Locy Type FDC 3 Jul 1, 1940 "FIRST DAY / COMMISSION"

1940-07-01

As AVP-18
First Day of Commission
Cachet by Al Cohen

 

Locy Type FDC 9v

1940-07-01

As AVP-18
First Day in Commission

 

Locy Type 2z*

1945-04-29

As APD-32
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 3z

1943-01-08

As AVD-5
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "ST LUCIA / B W I"

1940-11-12

As AVD-5
Cachet by George Sadworth

 

Locy Type 9v

1941-05-11

As AVD-5

 

Locy Type 9x

1941-05-11

As AVD-5

 

Other Information

GOLDSBOROUGH earned 5 Battle Stars for WWII service
* Marianas operation
Capture and occupation of Saipan, July 15-28 1944
* Tinian operation
Capture and occupation of Tinian, July 28 1944
* Leyte operation
3rd Fleet supporting operations Okinawa attack, November 18 1944
* Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, March 3-6 1945
* Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, April 10 to May 31 1945

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Defense Service Medal (with Destroyer clasp) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

NAMESAKE - Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough (February 18 1805 - February 20 1877)
Goldsborough was appointed Midshipman June 28 1812, but did not serve until February 13 1816 when he reported for duty at the Washington Navy Yard. He led a four-boat night expedition from 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 UNITED STATES, he participated in the bombardment of Vera Cruz in 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

 

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