USN · DD

Burns

Photos and info

Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

Fletcher classLaunched 1942-08-08Commissioned 1943-04-03Survived the war. Sunk as a target, 20 June 1974

USN. USS Burns (DD-588) at sea c1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Command

DEDonald Temple EllerCaptain, 3 April 1943 – 28 July 1944 JBJacob Thompson BullenCaptain, 28 July 1944 – 4 August 1945 HWHeyden Forbes WellsCaptain from 4 August 1945