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	52k	John Austin Collett was born 31 March 1908 in Omaha, Nebr., and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1929. He was killed in action during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942, while commanding Torpedo Squadron 10 in Enterprise (CV-6).		Bill Gonyo
	96k	Artist's conception of the Collett as she appeared following her FRAM overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	153k	Undated, location unknown.		-
	110k	Undated, post FRAM Conversion		Steve Singlar
	48k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski
	98k	Undated, location unknown. USS Shelton (DD-790), USS Blue (DD-744), USS Collett (DD-730) and USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) nested alongside an unidentified tender.		Robert Hurst
	139k	CCDP number CDP-618, undated. Photo probably taken in Hawaii.		David Buell
	99k	USS Collett (DD 730) date and place unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	164k	Undated, location unknown.		David Buell
	200k	May 14 1944, Bath, ME, inclining experiment.		Ed Zajkowski
	138k	Aft plan view of USS Collett (DD 730) at Mare Island on 4 Jan 46.		Darryl Baker
	81k	Forward plan view of USS Collett (DD 730) at Mare Island on 4 Jan 46. USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD 729) is inboard of Collett.		Darryl Baker
	69k	Stern view of USS Collett (DD 730) off Mare Island on 29 Dec 1945.		Darryl Baker
	66k	Broadside view of USS Collett (DD 730) off Mare Island on 29 Dec 1945. She was in overhaul at the yard 30 Oct 45 to 5 Jan 46.		Darryl Baker
	82k	Bow on view of USS Collett (DD 730) off Mare Island on 29 Dec 1945.		Darryl Baker
	166k	USS Collett (DD 730) off Mare Island on November 12, 1947. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	96k	Forward plan view of USS Collett (DD 730) at Mare Island on 14 Nov 1947. She was in overhaul at Mare Island from 13 Sep to 18 Nov 1947.		Darryl Baker
	147k	Aft plan view of USS Collett (DD 730) at Mare Island on 14 Nov 1947.		Darryl Baker
	95k	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, November 14 1947.		Pieter Bakels
	84k	Circa July-August 1948, Destroyer Division 91 (L to R) 728 Mansfield (flag ship); 730 Collett; 727 DeHaven and 729 Lyman K. Swenson, at buoy in San Diego harbor.		Richard A. Bowman QM2
	202k	Men of Destroyer Division 91 crowd the foc'sle and superstructure of their ships in Sasebo, Japan, to receive their Navy Unit Commendations. During the presentation on the Mansfield, a crane crew in the background continues its task of installing new gun barrels on the De Haven. Streaks of red lead on the Collett and the Swenson in the foreground show the work that has occupied all the crews while in port. By coincidence the famed 'Sitting Duck' destroyers are berthed in their numerical order: USS De Haven (DD-727), Mansfield (DD-728), Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), and Collett (DD-730)." Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 18 December 1951. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.		Joe Radigan
	64k	From the January 1952 ALL HANDS magazine. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d.		Stanley Svec
	250k	After collision with USS Ammen (DD-527), July 19 1960 off Newport, CA.		Ed Zajkowski
	155k	USS Collett (DD 730) underway in the Pacific Ocean, during the mid to late 1960's. U.S. Navy photo.		Robert M. Cieri
	344k	October 8 1969, off Hawaii. Photo by PH1 D. M. Dreher, NPC 1141437.		Ed Zajkowski
	67k	San Francisco July 1970.		Marc Piché
	36k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	92k	Example of the Collett ship's patch as a custom plaque by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett of Navy Yard Associates. NYA offers custom plaques of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers. For more examples check out their website page at http://www.navyyardassociates.net/classPlaques.html. If you decide to purchase artwork from NYA please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
On Argentinian Service
	146k	The First and Second Destroyer Divisions in 1979 at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano, near Bahia Blanca in the south part of Buenos Aires Province. Since no hull numbers can be seen it is impossible to accurately identify each ship, however, the ships present include the D 22 Rosales (ex DD 644 Stembel), D 29 Piedrabuena (ex DD 730 Collett), D 25 Seguí (ex DD 702 Hank), D 23 Domecq Garcia (ex DD630 Braine), D 24 Storni (ex DD 547 Cowell), D 27 Py (ex DD 877 Perkins) and the D 26 Bouchard (ex DD 704 Borie). Additional info thanks to Adalberto Alvarez; "In the photograph, the ships on the right belong to the 2nd Division of Destroyers. On the left, we see the 1st Division of Destroyers, and we find the Bouchard among these. (The Bouchard was assigned to the 2nd Division in 1980). The ship we see on the front of the 1st Division Destroyers is not the Bouchard, because the Bouchard didn’t have that kind of life rafts until 1982, during the war. The ship in the middle belongs to the Fletcher class. This means that the Bouchard is the one moored to dock."		Horacio Héctor Virardi

CDR James D. Collett    May 16 1944 - Aug 1945
CDR Charles Richard Herms    Aug 1945 - Mar 1946
CDR Paul S. Savidge    Mar 1946 - Jun 1947 (Later RADM)
CDR Bernard Franklin Roeder    Jun 1947 - 1949 (Later VADM)
CDR Robert Hamilton Close    1949 - 1951
CDR Edward Peter Madley    1951 - 1953
CDR John Boyle    1953 - Sep 1955
CAPT John R. Schwartz    Sep 1955 - Jan 1958
CDR John Durant Patterson    Jan 1958 - 1959
CDR Alfred T. Ford    1959 - Sep 6 1950
CDR Robert Bruce Kitt    Sep 6 1960 - Nov 22 1962
CDR William Webster Bischof    Nov 22 1962 - Jan 1 1964
CDR William Rice Zimmerman Jr.    Jan 1 1964 - 1965
CDR Richard R. Davidson    1965 - 1967
CDR John Robert Kearney    1967 - Dec 18 1968
CDR Walter R. Beck    Dec 18 1968 - 1970
LCDR David Winston Geer    1970 - Dec 18 1970