Post-War Decommissioning
In 1950, Burrows was designated for transfer to the Netherlands under the Mutual Defense Aid Program (MDAP). Towed to Boston, Massachusetts, in February for overhaul, she was transferred to the Netherlands government on 1 June 1950, and her name was struck from the Navy List on 26 September 1950. Renamed HNMS Van Amstel, she served for 17 more years under the Dutch flag until the Royal Netherlands Navy declared her to be excess to their needs in 1968 and sold her to Simons Scheepssloperij N.V. of Rotterdam for scrapping.
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