 {|     |} uss collett (dd-730) was a world war ii-era allen m. sumner-class destroyer in the service of the u.s. navy, named after lieutenant commander john a. collett (1908â1942), a naval aviator and commanding officer of torpedo squadron ten, who was killed during the battle of the santa cruz islands in october 1942. collett was launched 5 march 1944 by bath iron works corp., bath, maine; sponsored by mrs. c.&nbsp;c. baughman as proxy for mrs. j.&nbsp;d. collett; and commissioned at the boston navy yard on 16 may 1944, with commander james d. collett, the brother of lcdr collett, in command. ==world war ii== assigned to the pacific fleet, collett reached pearl harbor 16 october 1944 and ulithi 3 november. from this base, she screened the fast carrier task force (variously designated tf&nbsp;38 and tf&nbsp;58) for the remainder of the war. she first 
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