USS Goldsborough (DDG-20)

USS Goldsborough off Bahrain in 1986
History
United States
NameGoldsborough
NamesakeLouis M. Goldsborough
Ordered25 March 1960
BuilderPuget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company
Laid down3 January 1961
Launched15 December 1961
Commissioned9 November 1963
Decommissioned29 April 1993
Stricken29 April 1993
Identification
Motto
  • Non Sibi
  • (Not for self)
FateSold to Australia for parts and scrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeCharles F. Adams-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,277 long tons (3,330 t) standard
  • 4,526 long tons (4,599 t) full load
Length437 ft (133 m)
Beam47 ft (14 m)
Draft15 ft (4.6 m)
Propulsion
Speed33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement354 (24 officers, 330 enlisted)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-39 3D air search radar
  • AN/SPS-10 surface search radar
  • AN/SPG-51 missile fire control radar
  • AN/SPG-53 gunfire control radar
  • AN/SQS-23 Bow Mounted Sonar
  • AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar
Armament
Aircraft carriedNone

USS Goldsborough (DDG-20) was a Charles F. Adams–class guided missile-armed destroyer. It was named for Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough USN (1805–1877).