USS Goldsborough ( DDG - 20 ) USS " Goldsborough " ( DDG - 20 ) , named for Rear Admiral Louis M . Goldsborough USN ( 1805 – 1877 ) , was a " Charles F . Adams " - class guided missile armed destroyer . " Goldsborough " was laid down by the Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company at Seattle in Washington on 3 January 1961 , launched on 15 December 1961 by Mrs . Alan Bible , wife of U . S . Senator Alan Bible of Nevada and commissioned on 9 November 1963 , Captain Charles D . Allen , Jr . , in command . 1960s . " Goldsborough " joined the U . S . Pacific Fleet 25 December 1963 , as a unit of Cruiser - Destroyer Force with home - port at Pearl Harbor . After shakedown out of Puget Sound , the new guided missile destroyer arrived Pearl Harbor 14 February 1964 . Following qualification and acceptance tests , she sailed 18 April for Sydney , Australia , for the " Coral Sea " celebration and returned Pearl Harbor 1 June . She operated in Hawaiian waters in the summer and early fall , then got underway 23 November for Yokosuka and her first West - Pac deployment . After operations strengthening the 7th Fleet during the escalating war in Vietnam , " Goldsborough " returned to Pearl for ASW training . The guided missile destroyer headed for the Orient once more 9 February 1966 to bolster the 7th Fleet . In April she provided gunfire support for Operation " Binh Phu I " firing 594 rounds of 5 " ammunition at Viet Cong troop concentration and buildings . During the last half of the month she screened attack carriers at Yankee Station . Next came SEATO exercises in May and duty as station ship at Hong Kong in June . On 26 June " Goldsborough " was again off Vietnam on picket station . She sailed for Hawaii 16 July and reach Pearl Harbor on the 23d . While in berth at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii an anti - submarine torpedo was discharged from the ship and landed on the pier on 24 November 1965 . In August 1966 , GOLDSBOROUGH entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for overhaul and extensive modification . In 1967 she participated in “ Operation Sea Dragon ” , designed to interdict the North Vietnamese lines of supply into the Republic of Vietnam , and provided Naval Gunfire Support along the DMZ . During this deployment GOLDSBOROUGH fired nearly 10 , 000 rounds in support of allied forces and avoided over 800 rounds of hostile fire without damage to the ship . She was awarded the Naval Unit Commendation for exceptionally meritorious service in Vietnamese waters from 29 August 1967 to 17 February 1968 upon her return to Pearl Harbor , Hawaii . In November 1968 GOLDSBOROUGH made her fourth Western Pacific deployment in five years , participating in eighty - eight gunfire missions in support of Vietnam , Republic of Korea , and U . S . Marine and Army forces . In 1969 GOLDSBOROUGH participated in the Apollo 11 Recovery Mission . The command module “ Columbia ” splashed down about 200 nautical miles south of Johnston Island at 12 : 50 GMT 24 July 1969 . After a yard period in 1970 , GOLDSBOROUGH made a fifth WestPac tour , departing Pearl in August and returning in February 1971 . Again she provided Naval Gunfire Support for allied troops , and carried out carrier escort duties in the Gulf of Tonkin . Later that year she visited Portland , Oregon for the 1971 Rose Festival . In September 1971 GOLDSBOROUGH departed on her sixth deployment to the Western Pacific , providing Naval Gunfire Support for allied ground troops and performing carrier escort services . In early 1972 she was assigned to the recovery Task Force for Apollo 16 . Departing again on 13 October 1972 for her seventh deployment to the Western Pacific , this would be her last trip to the “ gunline ” of Vietnam . In December , while conducting a combat mission GOLDSBOROUGH was hit by coastal artillery fire . The shore battery put a hole five feet wide through an upper deck . The ship ’ s crew received a Meritorious Unit Commendation for service between October 1972 and February 1973 . The ship returned to Pearl Harbor in May 1973 . 1980s . Seaman Jose Cantu was the only fatality from Hurricane Iwa in November 1982 . Lieutenant Ray Beard survived the incident after being washed overboard with a broken arm . Admiral James D . Watkins , Chief of Naval Operations visited the ship in January 1986 . The Admiral remarked how he had previously sighted the ship in 1964 from his submarine ' s periscope , " Snook " , " " Goldsborough " looked formidable then , and still is a formidable warship now . " " Goldsborough " was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 April 1993 and sold to Australia on 17 September 1993 as a parts hulk . The ship arrived in Sydney in early 1994 , and a four - man team set about removing equipment for installation in the Royal Australian Navy ' s " Perth " class destroyers ( a derivative of the " Charles F . Adams " class ) . While in Australian hands , the team painted the number 40 on the bow , filling a gap in the number sequence for their three destroyers . After all usable equipment had been stripped , " Goldsborough " was sold to an Indian company in August 1994 , and towed away for ship breaking .