USS Burrows, a 742-ton Paulding class destroyer built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned in February 1911. For the next six years she served along the U.S. Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean area. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Burrows briefly patrolled off New England and in the Florida Straits. In June she steamed across the Atlantic to France, but was soon sent to Queenstown, Ireland, her base for nearly a year. During this time she was employed on convoy and patrol service in the waters west and south of the British Isles, taking part in several attacks on suspected German submarines. In May 1918 she collided with a British patrol vessel, suffering damage amidships, but was quickly repaired. Burrows's base was shifted to Brest, France, in June 1918, and she spent the rest of World War I on anti-submarine and convoy duty off Western France. In August 1918 she assisted the torpedoed USS West Bridge. On other occasions the destroyer dropped depth charges on suspected submarines and rescued survivors of sunken ships.
Following the 11 November 1918 Armistice Burrows remained in French waters until a few weeks before the year's end. She arrived back in the U.S. in early January 1919, serving along the East Coast until decommissioned in December of that year. In June 1924 she was transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard, actively serving as USCGC Burrows (CG-10) from late June 1925 until February 1931. Returned to the Navy soon afterwards, she was laid up at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, until sold for scrapping in August 1934.
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