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DD-188 / AVP-15 / AVD-5 / APD-32 Goldsborough


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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
  • 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.
    Length; 314' 4"
    Beam; 31' 8"
    Draft; 9' 10"
    Speed; 33.3 kts.
    Complement; 130
    Boats; 4 LCP(L) landing craft
    Armament
    three single 4"/50 gun mounts
    two single 40mm AA gun mounts
    five single 20mm AA gun mounts
    one depth charge track
    four depth charge projectors
    Propulsion; geared turbines, 26,500shp, two propellers
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    Goldsborough 76k Goldsborough (AVD-5) underway, date and location unknown. Paul Rebold
    USS Goldsborough (APD-32)
    Goldsborough 22k Goldsborough (APD-32) underway, date and location unknown. CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
    Secretary/Treasurer American APD Corporation
    View the Goldsborough (APD-32)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    American APD Corporation
    Four Stack APD Veterans

    Contact: CWO3 Curt Clark Secretary/Treasurer
    Address: 3384 Grim Ave., San Diego, CA 92104
    Phone: 619-282-0971
    E-mail: apdsec@cox.net
    Reunion Schedule
    2008 Reno, Nevada. Site and date to be determined
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    "The Green Dragons" Four-stack APD destroyer-transports in World War Two
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