USS Burns (DD-588)

id: uss-burns-dd-588-167-7098322
title: USS Burns (DD-588)
text: USS Burns (DD-588), was a Fletcher-class destroyer, the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Hugh Otway Burns (1775–1850), a privateer in the War of 1812. Hugh Burns was launched 8 August 1942 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Harry L. Smith, great-granddaughter of Captain Hugh Burns; and commissioned 3 April 1943.
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description: Fletcher-class destroyer
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Burns_(DD-588)
date created: 2005-04-29T19:19:22Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T11:16:48Z
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fields total: 13
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