USS Burns (DD-588), a , was 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. Service history Burns arrived at Pearl Harbor 17 September 1943 and after a few weeks of training, embarked upon an outstanding World War II career. Between October 1943 and July 1945, with the exception of a stateside yard period (February–April 1945), Burns participated in the following operations, acting as anti-submarine escort, picket ship, fighter director ship, and aircraft rescue ship: Wake Island raid (5–6 October 1943), Gilbert Islands campaign (20 November – 8 December); Marshall Islands campaign occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (29 January – 8 February 1944), raids on Truk (16–17 February) Palau-Yap-Ulithi-Woleai (30 March – 1 April) and Truk-Satawan-Ponape (29 April – 1 May); Hollandia operation (21–24 April); Mariana and Palau Islands campaign (15 June – 6 August) which included the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Bonins raids, the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the battles of Saipan and of Guam, and the Palau-Yap-Ulithi raid; western Caroline Islands operation which included the capture of the southern Palau Islands and the assaults on the Philippine Islands (6 September – 14 October); Leyte operations including the 3rd Fleet supporting operations against Okinawa, Luzon, and Formosa (10 October – 14 November); Lingayen Gulf landings (4–18 January 1945); and the Borneo operations, including the Brunei Bay operation and the Balikpapan operation (7 June – 7 July). On 30 January 1944, after picking up three downed American aviators, Burns was off Ujae Atoll en route to rejoin her task group when she came upon a small Japanese convoy. During the ensuing 34-minute battle she succeeded in sinking all four Japanese vessels, a small cargo ship, a medium tanker, and two small, either cargo or escort, ships. Shortly thereafter Burns, as a unit of Task Group 50.9 (TG 50.9), took part in a surface action off Truk, Caroline Islands (17 February 1944). She assisted in sinking at 07°45' N. 151°20' E., and a trawler before being ordered to track down and dispose of the , which was accomplished at 1655 in 07°24' N., 150°30' E. Six Japanese survivors were rescued. After the cessation of hostilities Burns