High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Burns (DD-588), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Captain Otway Burns (1775-1850), a privateer in the War of 1812. Burns was launched 8 August 1942 by Charleston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. Harry L. Smith, great-granddaughter of Captain Burns; and commissioned 3 April 1943, Commander D.T. Eller in command. Burns arrived at Pearl Harbor 17 September 1943 and after a few weeks of training, embarked upon an outstanding World War II career.

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