Goldsborough (DDG 20) - Naval Cruise Book

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3-M. Between 1942 and 1943 GOLDSBOROUGH saw duty with hunter-killer groups in the Atlantic. On 1 December 1943 her classification was changed back to destroyer CDD-1885. Later she was converted to a high speed destroyer trans- port and reclassified APD-32. After this conver- sion C-OLDSBOROUGH was assigned to Pearl Harbor where on the 29th of May, 1945, she embarked a company of U.S. Marines and joined a task force headed for the invasion of Saipan. The landing was made on 13 lune, in the face of heavy enemy resistance. GOLDSBCR- OUGH remained some five weeks supporting the invasion, and twice provided gunfire sup- port. She also took part in the battle of Leyte Gulf, and operations at Iwo lima and Okinawa, thereby earning her fourth and fifth battle stars. After the end of the war she returned to San Pedro, California, and was decommissioned 24 October 1945. A year later she was sold for scrap. On 12 December 1961, Mrs. Alan Bible christened the present GOLDSBOROUGH. J, The third ship to bear the name GOLDSBOROUGH was commissioned 9 November 1963, seen here at the Bremer- ton Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. 67

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Q. 1 il li il ll ll 'tl it l. l 1 ootosisoiaouoi-I HISTGRY v l i l The keel of the first ship to bear the name of Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough was laid in Portland just 21 years after his death, in 1898. She wasatorpe- 1 do boat, Number 20, of 255 tons, and had a crew of3 l officers and 56 men. After service with the Pacific Torpedo Fleet at the outbreak of World War l, she was decommissioned in Bremerton, Washington,8 September 1919. l as 1 j , S l i ' ref 'P mls- K . , -M Q lk , 8 M., ,. V ,,,, -..V -f....,.... . .V .A 4 K Ay .-1...-a . s ,..-ff, Igsosfffhqndhg?1EgiBC?R?UC'Hf 3 de5U0Y9f, lDD-1885, was launched at Newport News in d 95 'S 5 'PAH t 'SP aCemGf1t Of 1.215 tons, a speed of 35 knots, and a crew of 6 officerS an men- er W0 Years of service in the Atlantic she was decommissioned at the 1 Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1922. In 1940 she was reactivated as a sea lane tender-destr0Yer ' 66 lAVD'5lH5he6af' duty ffgfmhe Cafibbeanito Greenland and from thgfjalapagos Islands I0 35 ar sout as a paraiso, I e, working with patrol squadrons

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ANTAIL COCDKOUT 's'-: ' ' ' ....-4 f -arf- Either due to ships commitment or poor weather, fantail cookouts were few and far between on West Pac. When we did have them it gave a per- fect opportunity to take in some sun, fresh air and just kick back and enjoy. Entertainment was usual- ly an impromptu jam session on the MT. 52 deck. It may not be Waikiki but steel beach was always looked forward to on holiday routine. eww i l l r l 68