USS Burrows (DE-105)

History
United States
Name	Burrows
Namesake	William Ward Burrows II
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
Laid down	20 March 1943
Launched	2 October 1943
Commissioned	19 December 1943
Decommissioned	26 April 1946
Stricken	26 September 1950
Fate	Transferred to the Netherlands (MDAP), 1 June 1950
Netherlands
Name	HNLMS Van Amstel (F.806)
Acquired	1 June 1950
Out of service	February 1968
Fate	Sold for scrapping, February 1968
General characteristics
Class and type	Cannon-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,240 tons
Length	306 ft (93 m)
Beam	36 ft 8 in (11.2 m)
Draft	8 ft 9 in (2.7 m)
Propulsion	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 4.5 MW (6,000 shp), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	10,800 nmi. at 12 knots
Complement	15 officers, 201 enlisted
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2) 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1) 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 x depth charge tracks

USS Burrows (DE-105) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in both the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys.

She was laid down at Wilmington, Delaware, on 24 March 1943 by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 2 October 1943; sponsored by Miss Ruth C. Tech; and commissioned on 19 December 1943 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.