Hull Number: DD-730
Launch Date: 03/05/1944
Commissioned Date: 05/16/1944
Decommissioned Date: 12/18/1970
Call Sign: NKKH
Voice Call Sign: NOSEGAY, RIFLEMAN (61-65), SILVERBELL, METHODIST(53-55)
Namesake: JOHN AUSTIN COLLETT
JOHN AUSTIN COLLETT
Disposition:
Repaired in 1960 with bow of USS SEAMAN (DD-791) after collision with USS AMMEN (DD-527). Stricken 2/1/1974. Sold to Argentina as DIEDRA BUENA (D-29) on 6/4/1974. Sold in 1984.