_underway_off_Boston,_Massachusetts_(USA),_31_May_1944_(19-N-130517).jpg) USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston, Massachusetts, 31 May 1944
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| History | |
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 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 |
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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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USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II-era Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.