Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer

USS Goff

Clemson-class destroyer

USS Goff
U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Bridge (AF-1). — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 64557 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Goff (DD-247) making a full-power run in the Sea of Marmora, Turkey, on 25 March 1923.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Goff19 January 1921 — 21 July 19452,150 days of the war
Clemson-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Goff
Namesake
Nathan Goff, Jr. (1843–1920), 28th U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1881)
Builder
New York Shipbuilding
Laid down
16 June 1919
Launched
2 June 1920
Commissioned
19 January 1921
Decommissioned
13 January 1931
Recommissioned
2 March 1932
Struck
13 August 1945
Fate
Sold 30 November 1945
Scrapped November 1947 (1945)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,216 long tons (1,236 t)
Length
95.71 m (314 ft)
Beam
9.45 m (31 ft)
Draught
2.74 m (9 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
4,914 nmi (9,101 km)
Complement
137
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

USS Goff was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. She was named for Nathan Goff. New York Shipbuilding laid her keel on 16 June 1919. She entered service on 19 January 1921, having been launched on 2 June 1920.

Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).

Displacement was 1,216 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 137.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She was in commission for 2,150 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 13 January 1931. She recommissioned on 2 March 1932. She was struck from the register on 13 August 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 30 November 1945.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 26,500 shp (20 MW)
  • geared turbines
  • 2 screws
Armament
  • 4 x 4 in guns, 1 x 3 in gun, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) tt.

Sister ships

59 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Goff on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy, photographed from USS Bridge (AF-1). — Official U.S. Navy photo NH 64557 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons