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Burrows

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ClassCannon class
TypeDestroyer escort (DE)
HullDE-105
BuilderDravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Launched1943-10-02
Commissioned1943-12-19
FateAfloat. Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)Diesel-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Burrows
U.S. Navy photo NH 73273. USS Burrows (DE-105) at anchor, circa 1945-1946 (NH 73273).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Burrows, hull DE-105, belonged to the Cannon class of destroyer escorts. Dravo Corporation, at Wilmington, Delaware, laid her down on 24 March 1943 and launched her on 2 October 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 19 December 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Robert Wallace Graham.

Her Pacific duty took her to the Marshall Islands, Okinawa, Samar, and the Philippines.

Her commissioned service ended on 14 June 1946. Another navy received her later. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.