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USS Burke (DE-215)
USS Burke (DE-215/APD-65), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander John E. Burke (1905-1942), who was killed in action, aboard the battleship USS South Dakota, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942.
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