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William Burrows was a 19th century Human man. He was an officer in the United States Navy and the commanding officer of the USS Enterprise (schooner).

Biography

In 1813, Lieutenant Burrows was recorded as having said, "The colors must never be struck", meaning that surrender was an option only after every other alternative had been considered.

Legacy

In the year 2267, Spock quoted Burrows's statement to James T. Kirk during a dire situation. (TOS novel: The Abode of Life)

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Connections

Commanding officers of the ships Enterprise
Enterprise (sloop-of-war)	Dickenson
HMS Enterprise	Carnegie
USS Enterprise (schooner)	Decatur • Burrows
USS Enterprise (CV-6)	Hardison
Enterprise (OV-101)	Haise
USS Enterprise (CVN-65)	Roper
Enterprise (NX-01)	Archer
Enterprise (NX-01) (alternate timelines)	Archer • T'Pol • Tucker • Lorian
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)	Rasmussen • April • Pike • Vlasidovich • Kirk • Zarlo • Hensham • Decker • Spock
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701's predecessor) (Kelvin timeline)	April • Marcus
USS Enterprise (Kelvin timeline)	Pike • Spock • Kirk
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) (other alternate realities)	Kirk • Kirk • Pike • Thelin • Spock • Hoffman • Mitchell
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)	Kirk • Spock • Sulu
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A) (alternate realities)	Pike
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B)	Harriman • George • Rendón • Sulu • Johnson
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-C)	Garrett • Castillo
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)	Picard • Riker • Jellico
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) (alternate realities)	Picard • Crusher • Halloway • Riker
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	Bateson • Picard • Riker • Data
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) (alternate realities)	Picard • Halloway • Riker • Data • Jellico • Crusher • Worf
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)	Shon • Shelby
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F) (alternate realities)	Picard • Riker • Data • Shon
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-G)	Seven of Nine
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-J)	Dax
ISS Enterprise (NX-01)	Forrest • Archer
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701)	April • Franz • Pike • Kirk • Spock • Decker • Riley • Saavik
ISS Enterprise (ICC-1701) (Kelvin timeline)	Spock
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A)	Pavel Chekov
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)	Jean-Luc Picard
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E)	Jean-Luc Picard
Free Starship Enterprise	Jean-Luc Picard
ISS Enterprise (NCC-1701-F)	Leeta

U.S. military personnel
Armed Forces	Abercrombie • Adamson • Agromchuk • Akin • Alfreds • Alpen • Argon • Arms • A. Arnold • Baxter • Beck • Black • Bolton • Brennus • Brooke • Brookstone • Brown • Caelestis • W. Carter • Chamford • Chang • Christie • S. Christopher • Church • Cory • Clayton • Cushman • Daiki • Davidson • Devlin • Goran • Grainer • Helios • Hurley • Jahzeel • Jefferson • Johan • Johnson • P. Jones • Jonson • L. Jordan • Keeny • Keller • J. Kelly • Khwaja • King • Kinman • Kleeg • Kleinhoffer • Kobrinsky • Koenig • Kove • Kreios • Lavalle • Lee • Levi • Madison • Maines • Marino • Maxwell • Mayer • Mazelli • Moore • Morris • Myers • Nesvig • Nikolais • Ofreo • Pallas • Paulk • Paulwell • Polaski • Polcha • Princeton • Reyes • Richey • Rino • Robinson • Rostakovich • Rudinsky • Ruiz • Seppel • Sheppley • W. Smith • Sol • Stanley • Stanwell • Stone • Suljo • Swenderson • Thigpen • J. Thomas • Thomason • Twombly • Tyrese • Underhill • Vance • Ventura • Verde • Viggo • Walling • J. Washington • Wellborn • L. White • Wojechowski
Air Force	Aldrin • Anders • Barquero • Borman • G.W. Bush • Carver • J. Christopher • Collins • Edwards • Fellini • Fullerton • Gable • Grissom • Haise • Hess • Lindbergh • Lucas • Ludden • Marcel • Markham • Marshall • Olson • Onizuka • Ramey • Reu • Sapp • Scobee • Scott • Stafford • Vandenberg • Wallace • Wheeler • E. White • Yeager
Army	Anderson • B. Arnold • Blanchard • Bowie • Brynner • F. Christopher • Cory • Crockett • Custer • Denning • Eisenhower • Garland • U. Grant • Greene • Haut • Houston • Howard • Jackson • J.C. Kirk • Knox • MacArthur • McClellan • Patton • Quinn • T. Riker • Schwarzkopf • Sheridan • Sherman • A. Sisko • Sullivan • Trooper • Truman • Vessey • Wainwright • G. Washington
Coast Guard	Atwell • London
Marines	Bayley • Crocker • Danton • Esparza • Figueroa • Glenn • Haise • Heffron • Moreno • Schmidt • M. Smith • Tate
Navy	Armstrong • G.H.W. Bush • Burrows • J. Carter • Cernan • Chaffee • Compton • Conrad • Crommelin • Daniels • Decatur • Drumm • Dunning • Farragut • Galanter • Gordon • Grant • Gridley • Griffen • Griffin • Haise • Halsey • Hardison • Harper • De Haven • Holmes • L.B. Johnson • J.P. Jones • Kane • R. Kelly • Kennedy • Kines • Kinkaid • Lindsey • Lovell • Marshall • Rickover • Rogerson • Roper • Runco • Ruszkowski • Shepard • M. Smith • Souza • C. Taylor • Thomas • Vejtasa • Whaley
Alternate realities	H. Jordan • G. Taylor
Fictional	Davis • Frenchy ▪︎ Fuller ▪︎ Miller ▪︎ Staton ▪︎ Stragen

References

• TOS novel: The Abode of Life

External links

• William Ward Burrows II article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.