USS Goldsborough DDG-20 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Destroyer |
Class: |
Charles F. Adams (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Seattle, Washington |
Hull Number: |
DDG-20
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Ordered: |
March 25, 1960 |
Commissioned: |
November 9, 1963 |
Keel Laid: |
January 3, 1961 |
Decommissioned: |
April 29, 1993 |
Launched: |
December 15, 1961 |
Stricken: |
April 29, 1993 |
Fate: |
Sold to Australia Sept. 17, 1993 and used for spare parts. Sold by Australia to an Indian Shipbreaker in Aug. 1994 towed to India and scrapped. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
437' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric geared steam turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
4 Babcock & Wilcox 1,200 PSI (oil fired) |
Draft: |
20' 1" / 22' max. |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
3,277 std. / 4,526 full |
SHP: |
70,000 |
Speed: |
33 knots |
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Crew: |
330+ |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots / 6,000 NM @ 14 knots |
Notes: |
Named in honor of Rear Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough USN (1805-1877). |
Christened by Mrs. Alan Bible. |
Page created Apr. 2, 2007 |