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U.S. Seizes Iraqi Ship
Boarding of the Iraqi motor vessel Zanoobia GMM3 May and STG2 Kekahbah watch flight quarters from the captured motor vessel Zanoobia. In...
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Farewell Charlie Brown
Charles M. Schulz 1922-2000The Peanuts comic strip made it’s debut on October 2, 1950. It eventually appeared in more than 2,600...
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CNO Visits Goldy
Admiral James D. Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations (far left), greets Rear Admiral Henery F. Boyle, Commander Naval Base (second from...
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Hurricane Iwa
In November 1982 Hurricane Iwa, the worst storm to hit the Hawaiian Islands in over 20 years, caused an estimated $250 million in damage....
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Guns Damage American Destroyer
photos: courtesy of Bob Gagne photos: Bob Shanahan photo: Gary Popp KUDOS Gary Popp MM3 71-74
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19 December 1972
From 31 October – 21 November, and again from 14-19 December 1972 GOLDSBOROUGH conducted “LINEBACKER” operations as part of Task Unit...
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Final Weeks of the Gunline
1972 saw the Vietnam War winding down, but the Navy’s role there was still an active one. Nixon ordered aerial and Naval bombing resumed...
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Apollo 16
In early 1972 GOLDSBOROUGH was assigned as part of the back-up unit for the Apollo 16 Recovery Team and spent the day of 15 April...
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"Free Postage" Covers
Two Vietnam postage covers above, the 1969 is a hand drawn Gulf of Tonkin (top) and the other a 1968 cover (bottom). Courtesy of Tom...
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The Torpedo
From moored ship, Torpedo Fired onto PH Pier Rear Admiral Henry S. Persons, 14th Naval District Commandant, warns onlookers to keep away....
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