Allied Warships

USS Collett (DD 730)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DD 730
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	11 Oct 1943
Launched	5 Mar 1944
Commissioned	16 May 1944
End service	18 Dec 1970
History	Decommissioned 18 December 1970. Stricken 1 February 1974. Transferred to Argentina 4 June 1974 being renamed Piedra Buena. Pierdra Buena was stricken and broken up for scrap in 1984.

Commands listed for USS Collett (DD 730)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. James Dahlman Collett, USN	16 May 1944	17 Aug 1945
2	T/Cdr. Charles Richard Herms, USN	17 Aug 1945	14 Mar 1946

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Notable events involving Collett include:

20 Sep 1944
Around 1100Q/20, the troopship Queen Mary (British, 81235 GRT, built 1936) with Prime Minister Churchill on board, departed New York for the U.K. Escort was provided by the destroyers USS Haynsworth (T/Cdr. R. Brodie, Jr., USN), USS Collett (T/Cdr. J.D. Collett, USN) and USS Samuel N. Moore (T/Cdr. H.A. Lincoln, USN).

Around 0930O/20, HMS Berwick (Capt. S.H.T. Arliss, DSO, RN) departed Halifax to make rendezvous with the Queen Mary. Rendezvous was effected around 1245O/21, when the US destroyers were detached.

Around 1800N/23, HMS Devonshire (Capt. D.K. Bain, DSO, RN) took over from HMS Berwick which was then detached to proceed to the Clyde where she arrived around 1500A/26. HMS Devonshire had departed Milford Haven for the rendezvous position around 0900A/21.

Around 1225A/24, the destroyers HMS Nubian (Lt.Cdr. T.A. Pack-Beresford, RN) and HMS Serapis (Lt.Cdr. E.L. Jones, DSC, RN) joined coming from Milford Haven.

Around 0845A/25, HMS Devonshire parted company and proceeded to Milford Haven arriving there around 1130A/25.

The Queen Mary, HMS Nubian and HMS Serapis arrived at Greenock later on the 25th. (1)

16 Oct 1944
USS Collett arrived at Pearl Harbor.

3 Nov 1944
USS Collett arrived at Ulithi to join the fleet.

12 Sep 1945
USS Collett enters Tokyo Bay.