The USS Burrows (DD-29) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer built for the United States Navy, launched on June 23, 1910, by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden, New Jersey. She was commissioned on February 21, 1911, and named after Lieutenant William Ward Burrows II, being the second vessel to bear this name. The ship featured the typical characteristics of the Paulding class, designed for swift, agile operations, primarily armed for torpedo attacks and surface combat. Before World War I, the USS Burrows was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet's Torpedo Flotilla. Her early service involved operations along the U.S. east coast and in Cuban waters, including tactical maneuvers, war games, torpedo practice, and gunnery exercises. In 1916, she was part of the Neutrality Patrol around Staten Island and Long Island, maintaining a watchful presence before the U.S. entered the war. With the outbreak of World War I, the USS Burrows shifted to patrol duties in New York Harbor. After the U.S. declared war, she was assigned to the Cruiser and Transport Force, escorting the first American Expeditionary Force convoy to France, arriving in June 1917. She then operated out of Queenstown, Ireland, where her duties included patrolling the Irish coast, escorting convoys, responding to distress calls, landing survivors, and engaging enemy submarines in the English Channel. Throughout her wartime service, Burrows faced dangers such as a fire caused by a broken oil line, which resulted in the loss of two crew members and required assistance from four other destroyers. She was present at Brest, France, during the surrender of the Germans and notably attended the reception of President Woodrow Wilson in December 1918. After the war, she returned to Philadelphia and was decommissioned in December 1919. Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1924, she was based in New London, Connecticut, as part of the Rum Patrol, enforcing Prohibition-era regulations. The vessel was returned to the Navy in 1931 and was eventually scrapped under the provisions of the London Naval Treaty, ending her maritime service.

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