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94k | Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, born 18 February 1805 in Washington, D.C., 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 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 20 February 1877. | NHC |
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| 67k | Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA. | Mike Smolinski |
| 107k | USS Yorktown (CVS-10) in posed formation with her escorts and some of her aircraft during Exercise "Sea Imp", a major Southeast Asia Treaty Organization exercise conducted in the western Pacific during the first part of 1966. The two leading escorts are USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) at left and USS Bronstein (DE-1037) at right. Other escorts include two destroyers and two escort ships. Planes overhead include S-2, E-1 and SH-3 types. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. | Fred Weiss |
| 77k | Pearl Harbor, October, 1968 | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 35k | USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22), USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) and USS Cochrane (DDG-21) in Pearl Harbor, March/April 1969. | © Richard Leonhardt |
| 77k | Photo from a liberty boat from the USS Ranger (CV-61). It was taken while the battle group was at anchor at Pattaya Beach, Thailand in early 1981. | Kevin Batman, FTM2, USS Ranger CV-61 |
| 49k | Sydney, Australia August 1982. | Marc Piché |
| 106k | Hong Kong November 1982. | Gerhard L. Mueller-Debus |
| 38k | Vancouver, BC July 3 1986. | Marc Piché |
| 48k | San Francisco September 1986. | Marc Piché |
| 139k | DN-SC-92-04496. The guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) lies at anchor off Mina Sulman, Bahrain. Photo by OS2 John Bouvia, December 1 1986. | Bill Gonyo |
| 136k | DN-SC-92-05729. A crew member monitors fuel tank levels in an engineering space aboard the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG 20). Photo by OS2 John Bouvia, August 1 1990. | Bill Gonyo |
| 149k | DN-SC-92-05731. Crew members monitor gauges in the No. 1 engine room aboard the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) during Operation Desert Shield. Photo by OS2 Bouvia, August 1 1990. | Bill Gonyo |
| 130k | DN-SC-92-04838. Capt. Reid and crew members of the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG-20) man the bridge during flight operations as the vessel operates in the Gulf of Oman during Operation Desert Shield. Photo by OS2 Bouvia, September 1 1990. | Bill Gonyo |
| 101k | DN-SC-92-06786. Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Greenwood and Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Lawlor inspect an RGM-84A Harpoon missile in a Mark 13 launcher aboard the guided missile destroyer USS GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG 20) during Operation DESERT SHIELD. Photo by OS2 John Bouvia 1 October 1990. | Bill Gonyo |
| 42k | Alongside the USS Jouett (CG-29) in Hong Kong, Nov 16, 1990. | William Chiu |
| 56k | Longview, WA June 1 1991. | Marc Piché |
| 57k | Longview, WA June 1 1991. | Marc Piché |
| 34k | Longview, WA June 1 1991. | Marc Piché |
| 55k | January 1, 1992, Pacific Ocean, the guided missile destroyer USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) fires a Standard RIM-66 surface-to-air missile from a Mark 13 launcher during exercises off the coast of southern California.
| Fred Weiss |
| 37k | Ready for transfer to the RAN February 1994. | Marc Piché |
| 64k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
| 64k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski |
