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95k | 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. | Bill Gonyo/Robert M. Cieri | |
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41k | Photo #: NH 56651, USS Burrows (Destroyer # 29) fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 1910. USS McCall (Destroyer # 28) is also present. Both ships had been launched in June 1910. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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78k | As series of 5 photographs of the Sea Trials of the Burrows taken January 7 1911. | Richard Watson, Jr | |
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80k | As above. | Richard Watson, Jr | |
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88k | As above. | Richard Watson, Jr | |
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86k | As above. | Richard Watson, Jr | |
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66k | As above. | Richard Watson, Jr | |
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129k | Photo #: NH 103739, USS Burrows (Destroyer # 29) and USS Jenkins (Destroyer # 42) in port, dressed with flags, circa 1919. Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps Museum. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. | Tony Cowart | |
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42k | Circa 1924, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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28k | On Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website. | Mike Green | |
LT Julius Frederick Hellweg Feb 21 1911 - Sep 1913 (Later RADM) LT Arie Alverdo Corwin May 31 1914 - Sep 12 1916 LT Joseph F. Daniels Sep 12 1916 - ?
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