Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD-32 USS Goldsborough (ex DD-188)

• High-Speed Transport (ex Clemson Class Destroyer):
• Displacement: 1190 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'8"
• Draft: 9'3"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 12x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbines with twin screws, 27,000 h.p.
• Built at Newport News and commissioned (DD-188) 1920
• Converted to Seaplane Tender AVP-18, 1939
• Reconverted from AVP-18, 1943
• Converted to High-Speed Transport, 1944

Additional Links:

"Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Goldsborough

As DD-188

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