USS William Ward Burrows, built as MV Santa Rita for the Grace Steamship Company launched in 1929 at Copenhagen, Denmark, by Burmeister & Wain, was a transport ship that saw service with the United States Navy in World War II. As a Grace liner Santa Rita served the New York—South American West Coast trade from 1929 until 1939. As William Ward Burrows the ship served in the Pacific. From October 1940 she assisted in the buildup of Central Pacific bases, being caught in transit from Hawaii to Wake Island when news of the attack on Pearl Harbor came. She later saw service in the South Pacific and West Pacific. On 29 June 1946 the ship went into reserve at Olympia, Washington until removed for scrapping 18 May 1957.