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USS Goldsborough (APD-32)
ex
 USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) (1940-1943)
 USS Goldsborough (AVP-15) (1939 - 1940)
 USS Goldsborough (DD-188) (1920 - 1939, 1940 - 1943, and 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Papa - Tango
 NAPT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Defense Service Medal (with Destroyer clasp)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
Clemson Class Destroyer:
  • Laid Down, 8 June 1918, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News VA
  • Launched, 20 November 1918
  • Commissioned, USS Goldsborough (Destroyer No. 188), 26 January 1920, CDR. Francis M. Robinson USN in command
  • Designated (DD-188), 17 July 1920
  • Decommissioned, 14 July 1922 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Converted to an Aircraft Tender (Small), at New York Navy Yard
  • Designated (AVP-15), 15 November 1939
  • Recommissioned, 1 July 1940
  • Designation changed to Seaplane Tender (Destroyer) (AVD-5), 5 August 1940
  • Reverted to (DD-188), 1 December 1943
  • Converted to a High-speed Transport at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Redesignated (APD-32), 7 March 1944
  • During World War II USS Goldsborough (APD-32) was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 28 July 1944     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 3 to 6 March 1945
    Tinian operation
    Capture and occupation of Tinian, 28 July 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 10 April to 31 May 1945
    Leyte operation
    3rd Fleet supporting operations Okinawa attack, 18 November 1944     		 
  • Reverted to (DD-188), 10 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, 11 October 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 24 October 1945
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 November 1946 to Hugo Nuef Corp, New York NY
  • Goldsborough earned five battle stars for service in World War II.
    Specifications:
    Displacement; 1,215 t.(lt) 1,780 t.(fl)
    Length; 314' 4"
    Beam; 30' 8"
    Draft; 12' 3"
    Speed; 27.6 kts.
    Complement;
    Officers 8
    Enlisted 98
    Troop Capacity
    Officers 3
    Enlisted 144
    Boats;
    four LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 3"/50 cal gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 3,025 Bbls
    Diesel 93 Bbls
    Propulsion;
    two Westinghouse geared turbines
    three White-Forester boilers, 250psi Sat°
    two turbo-drive 60K2 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    two propellers, 26,000shp
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    USS Goldsborough (AVD-5)
    Goldsborough 76k USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Rebold
    Goldsborough 99k USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) photographed from USS Core (CVE-13) while at sea, circa October-November 1943.
    US National Archives. Photo # 80-G-269105 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Goldsborough (APD-32)
    Goldsborough 22k USS Goldsborough (APD-32) underway, date and location unknown. CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation
    Goldsborough 78k USS Goldsborough (APD-32) off Charleston Navy Yard, S.C., 6 April 1944, following conversion from a Destroyer (DD-188, ex-AVD-5).
    US Navy photo # 91796 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command, courtesy of Arthur D. Baker III, 1981.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Goldsborough (DD-188/APD-15/AVD-5/APD-32)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curtis G. Clark USN Ret.
    Address: 3080 Monarch St.,San Diego CA. 92123
    Phone:: 858 427-6696
    Email: apdsec@san.rr.com
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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