USS Collett information

	USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston, Massachusetts, 31 May 1944
History
United States
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
Argentina
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)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW);; 2 propellers;
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
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns,; 12 × 40 mm AA guns,; 11 × 20 mm AA guns,; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes,; 6 × depth charge projectors,; 2 × depth charge tracks;

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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History
USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston, Massachusetts, 31 May 1944
United States
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
Argentina
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)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
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
Armament	6 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. guns, 12 × 40 mm AA guns, 11 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks