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|launch=29 July, 1899{{Conways1860|p. 157}}
|builder=[[Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works|Wolff & Zwicker]]{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 38}}
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|fate=Sold
|fatedate=8 September, 1919{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 38}}
|order=Act of 3 March, 1897{{Conways1860|p. 157}}
|chain=Torpedo Boats
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|laid=14 July, 1898{{Conways1860|p. 157}}
|nat=US
|decomm=12 March, 1919{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 38}}
|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Goldsborough''''' was a [[torpedo boat]] completed in 1901 for the [[U.S. Navy]].

==Construction==
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''Goldsborough'' was launched 29 July, 1899 by the [[Wolff & Zwicker Iron Works]] of Portland, Oregon, sponsored by Miss Gertrude Ballin.

Although initially completed in 1901, ''Goldsborough'' failed her acceptance trials and suffered a broken propeller shaft which resulted in damage to her hull.  She sustained additional damage in a collision with a wharf at the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] on 15 November, 1901.{{SilverstoneNewNavy|p. 38}}  Around the same time it was decided her original engines were unsuitable and would require replacement.{{Conways1860|p. 157}}  ''Goldsborough'' spent the next six years under repair and reconstruction.

==Service==
''Goldsborough'' was finally placed in full commission in the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] on 9 April, 1908, {{LieutUS}} [[Daniel Throckmorton Ghent|Daniel T. Ghent]] in command.

''Goldsborough'' was based at San Diego, as a unit of the [[Pacific Torpedo Fleet]], cruising for six years along the coast of California and the Pacific Coast of Mexico in a schedule of torpedo practice and joint fleet exercises and maneuvers. She was placed in ordinary at the [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 26 March, 1914 and turned over to the [[Oregon Naval Militia]] at Portland in December.  She returned to Navy hands in 1917 and was fully commissioned on 7 April, 1917 for coastal patrol duties on the West Coast throughout World War I.

She was designated ''Coast Torpedo Boat No. 7'' on 1 August, 1918, her name being assigned to [[U.S.S. Goldsborough (1918)|a new destroyer under construction]].  The torpedo boat remained in service for several months after the Armistice before being decommissioned for the last time at the [[Puget Sound Navy Yard]] on 12 March, 1919.  The former ''Goldsborough'' was sold for scrapping on 8 September, 1919.

==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutUS}}|name=Daniel Throckmorton Ghent|nick=Daniel T. Ghent|appt=9 April, 1908{{USOfficerReg1909|p. 36}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Leo Francis Welch|nick=Leo F. Welch|appt=before 1 January, 1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 40}}|end=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 40}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 48}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Richard Edward Cassidy|nick=Richard E. Cassidy|appt=1911{{USOfficerReg1911|p. 40}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 48}}|end=1912{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 48}}{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 46}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=William Walter Wilson|nick=William W. Wilson|appt=1912{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 46}}{{USOfficerReg1912|p. 48}}|end=1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 46}}{{USOfficerReg1914|p. 50}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{EnsUS}}|name=Wallace Ludwig Lind|nick=Wallace L. Lind|appt=1913{{USOfficerReg1913|p. 46}}|end=24 January, 1914<ref>"The Navy Gazette".  ''Army and Navy Register''.  31 January, 1914.  Vol. '''LV''', No. '''1,750''', p. 151.</ref>}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==Armament==
* four 6-pounder guns
* two 18-inch torpedo tubes

==See Also==
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/USS_Goldsborough_(TB-20)}}
{{refend}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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* {{Conways1860}}
* {{FriedmanUSDestroyers}}
* {{SilverstoneNewNavy}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldsborough}}

{{CatShipTorpedoBoat|US}}
{{CatClassTorpedoBoat|US}}

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