Commodore John R. Goldsborough (2 July 1809 – 22 June 1877) was an officer in the United States Navy. During his long naval career, he saw action against pirates in the Mediterranean Sea, fought in the American Civil War, introduced the standardized system of markings for buoys and navigational markers ashore still in use in the United States today, and rose to command of the Asiatic Squadron.
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