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USS Goldsborough (AVD-5)
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Goldsborough - 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. |
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USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) at anchor of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 15 December 1942.
Note the Martin Mariner PBM-3 Patrol Bomber landing across the bow of Goldsborough.
US National Archives photo # 80-G-35030, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) underway 23 July 1943 in the Caribbean Sea.
US National Archives. Photo # 80-G-204790 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Goldsborough (AVD-5) coming alongside USS Core (CVE-13),
in October 1943.
US National Archives. Photo # 80-G-269105 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS Goldsborough (APD-32)
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USS Goldsborough (APD-32) underway, date and location unknown. |
CWO3 Curt Clark, USN Ret.
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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 |
