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USS Collett
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II-era Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.
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![]() USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston, Massachusetts, 31 May 1944 | |
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Name | Collett |
Namesake | John A. Collett |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 11 October 1943 |
Launched | 5 March 1944 |
Commissioned | 16 May 1944 |
Decommissioned | 18 December 1970 |
Stricken | 1 February 1974 |
Identification | DD-730 |
Motto | Virtus Velox ("Swift Courage") |
Fate | To Argentina 4 June 1974 |
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Name | ARA Piedrabuena |
Acquired | 4 June 1974 |
Commissioned | 17 May 1977 |
Decommissioned | 18 February 1985 |
Stricken | 18 February 1985 |
Identification | D-29 |
Fate | Sunk by missile in naval exercise, 1988 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
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