Allied Warships

USS Goldsborough (AVD 5)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	AVD 5
Mod	Sea plane tender
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	8 Jun 1918
Launched	20 Nov 1918
Commissioned	26 Jan 1920
End service	11 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned on 14 July 1922 Reclassified as sea plane tender AVP-18 on 15 November 1939 Classification changed to AVD-5 on 24 August 1940 Reclassified back to destroyer DD-188 on 1 December 1943 Converted to high speed transport and reclassified APD-32 on 7 March 1944 Classification changed back to Destroyer DD-188 on 10 July 1945 Decommissioned on 11 October 1945 Stricken on 24 October 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 21 November 1946

Commands listed for USS Goldsborough (AVD 5)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Stanley John Michael, USN	1 Jul 1940	2 Aug 1940
2	Lt.Cdr. Roland Philip Kauffman, USN	2 Aug 1940	17 Aug 1942 (1)
3	T/Lt.Cdr. William Irvin Darnell, USN	17 Aug 1942	28 Nov 1942
4	T/Cdr. Reid Puryear Fiala, USN	28 Nov 1942	20 Jul 1943
5	Lt. William Joseph Meehan, 3rd, USNR	20 Jul 1943	24 Feb 1945
6	Lt. Clifford Edson Caton, USNR	24 Feb 1945	Aug 1945
7	Frank Thomas Hyde, USNR	Aug 1945	Sep 1945
8	Charles John Harvi, USNR	Sep 1945	11 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Goldsborough include:

13 Aug 1943
USS Goldsborough (Lt. W.J. Meehan, USNR) picks up 24 survivors from the British merchant Fort Halkett that was sunk by German U-boat U-185 about 600 miles southeast of Natal, Brazil in position 09°30'S, 26°50'W on 6 August.