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USS Burrows (DE 105)

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - P - G - C

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: American Campaign Medal
Second Row: Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - WWII Victory Medal

Specifications:
Class: Cannon
Type: DET (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, long hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1240 tons (light), 1620 tons (full)
Length: 300' (wl), 306' (oa)
Beam: 36' 10" (extreme)
Draft: 10' 6" (draft limit)
Propulsion: 4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 21 kts
Range: 10,800 nm @ 12 knots
Armament: 3 x 3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1 twin 40mm Mk1 AA, 8 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 3 x 21" Mk15 TT (3x1), 1 Hedgehog Projector Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Complement: 15 / 201

Burrows (DE 105) Building and Operational Data:

20 March 1943: Keel laid by the Dravo Corp., Wilmington, Del.

02 October 1943: Launched and christened, sponsored by Miss Ruth C. Tech

19 December 1943: Commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Lcdr. Robert W. Graham, USNR, in command

26 April 1946: Decommissioned at Green Cove Springs, Fla. after 2 years and 4 months of service

01 June 1950: Transferred to the Netherlands (MDAP), renamed HNLMS Van Amstel (F.806) (sold in February 1968 to Simons Scheepsslooparij N.V. of Rotterdam for scrapping)

26 September 1950: Struck from the NVR

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
Burrows 0610501	48k	Warranted a midshipman on 10 November 1799, William Burrows served in the West Indies in *Portsmouth* during the Quasi War with France and remained in that man of war when she sailed to Europe in 1800 to bring back the envoys of the United States who had negotiated the treaty ending that conflict. He was in charge of the frigate *United States* in 1801 and 1802 while that warship was laid up in the Washington Navy Yard. During American wars with the Barbary pirates, he saw Mediterranean service in *Constitution, Vixen, Siren, and Essex* between 1801 and 1807 and received his commission as a lieutenant on 19 March of the latter year. At sea in command of *Enterprise* when war with England was declared in 1812, Burrows cruised along the east coast of the United States in that brig during the first year of the conflict. On 5 September 1813, *Enterprise's lookouts sighted the Royal Navy brig Boxer, and the American warship gave chase. When she had drawn within range of her opponent, Enterprise* opened fire, starting a fierce engagement in which both Burrows and the captain of the British warship were killed before *Boxer* surrendered. USS *Burrows* (DE 105) (1943-1946) was the third ship to be named in his honor, she was preceded by the Lake Champlain row galley Burrows (1814-1825) and DD 29 (1911-1931).	Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
Burrows 0610508	454k	A photo of the Commissioning Party of USS *Burrows* and the "Thank You" letter that was sent to accompany it. The contributor believes the Oakmans were descendants of William Burrows.	David Wright Destroyer Archives Manager, Navsource
Burrows 0610502	83k	A wartime shot of USS *Burrows* lying at anchor. (Naval History and Heritage Command Photo #NH 73273, courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1970)	Mike Green Port Angeles, Wash.
Burrows 0610503	40k	undated wartime image. The paint job is the standard for new DE's - two shades of blue. Each trip in had changed our color and design of camouflage due to changing conditions	Pat Stephens
Burrows 0610504	122k	1943	David Buell
Burrows 0610507	438k	03 January 1945: the Atlantic Ocean - USS *Burrows, photographed from a blimp of Airship Patrol Squadron 11 (ZP-11), enroute from the Naval Ammunition Depot at Leonardo, N.J. to Casco Bay, Portland, Maine for routine refresher training. She had been undergoing routine repairs and overhaul at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York from 23 to 31 December 1944. (U.S. Navy photos #*80-G-301385 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.)	Rick E. Davis Springfield, Oh.
Burrows 0610505	70k	circa 1950: as HNLMS *Van Amstel* (F.806)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Burrows 0610506	43k	circa 1954: as HNLMS *Van Amstel* (F.806)	Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Burrows History

View the USS Burrows (DE 105) DANFS history entry located on the Naval History and Heritage Command web site.

View the official War History of USS Burrows as submitted by the ship at war's end.

Burrow's Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

Dates of Command	Commanding Officers
1.) 19 Dec. 1943 - 07 Aug. 1944	Lcdr. Robert Wallace Graham, USNR (Comm. CO) (USNA '34) (Framingham, Mass.) (ret. as Radm.)
2.) 07 Aug. 1944 - 23 Nov. 1945	Lcdr. John Parkinson Jr., USNR (New York, N.Y.)
3.) 23 Nov. 1945 - 30 Nov. 1945	Lt. David James Thorpe, USNR
4.) 30 Nov. 1945 - 26 April 1946	Lcdr. W. S. Mills Jr., USN (Decomm. CO)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

None

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