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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
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
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.
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
0610504	122k	1943		David Buell
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.
0610505	70k	circa 1950: as HNLMS Van Amstel (F.806)		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0610506	43k	circa 1954: as HNLMS Van Amstel (F.806)

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