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TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1943-1945 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
COMMISSIONING CEREMONY INVITATION (From the son of Peter "Frank" Schuch)
WARTIME HISTORY OF THE USS COLLETT (From Ken Payne)
WW II HISTORY OF THE USS COLLETT (From Walker Dix)
HISTORY OF THE USS COLLETT OF 1944-1946 (From Julious Windham)
DON VIEWEG'S USS COLLETT JOURNAL - 1944 (From Don Vieweg’s son Don Vieweg, Jr.)

ANTI-SHIPPING SWEEP OF DESTROYER SQUADRON 61 IN JULY 1945 (From Ken Payne)

TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1946-1949 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
1946 SERVICE DIARY OF ARTHUR T. HILL, JR. (From Arthur's son Art Hill)
1947 CHRISTMAS DINNER BOOKLET WITH CREW ROSTER (From Robert Wylie's daughter-in-law Mishael Wylie)
1948 PORTLAND NAVY DAY VISIT (From Robert O. Wylie (submitted by son Robert A. Wylie. and daughter-in-law Mishael Wylie))
TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1950-1955 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
1949-1952: MY TIME ONBOARD THE USS COLLETT (by Ed Shumer)
NAVAL ACTION IN 1950 - NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT DAILY NAVAL OPERATIONS OFF KOREA (From Bill Kephart)

"SITTING DUCKS" SQUADRON QUEST FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION.  (From Chuck Kiesling)  NOTE:  You will need a free Adobe reader to view these files.

SHIPS OF THE COMMONWEALTH NAVIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE KOREAN WAR (From Roger Farmer)
1953 Christmas Menu (From Tom Briley)
1953-1954 PORTS OF CALL (From Chuck Kiesling)
1954 USS COLLETT 10th Anniversary (From Gerald Gardner)
1955 CRUISE BOOK (From Gerald Gardner)
TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1956-1959 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
1957 CRUISE BOOK (From Ron Elliott)
Certificate of Participation in Operation Hardtack (From Ron Elliott)
1959 CHANGE OF COMMAND (From Bill Brooks)
USS COLLETT (DD-730) – From FRAM II to 19 July 1960 (by Bill Brooks)
1960  COLLISION WITH USS AMMEN ON 19 JULY 1960
TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1960-1965 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
HOW THE USS COLLETT GOT IT'S SHIP'S INSIGNIA (by Bill Wardell)
1962 CRUISE BOOK (From Arthur Horsch)
1962 CHANGE OF COMMAND (From Robert (Bob) Kitt)
1963 A VISIT FROM BILL BROCKETT'S FATHER (From Frank Olderr)
Plan of the Day for 21 January 1964 in Hong Kong (From James Koranda)

THE GREAT ALASKA EARTHQUAKE OF MARCH 1964 AND MEMORIES OF BILL BROCKETT By Joe Kozerski, Frank Olderr, Mike Kipper and Lin Morgan

Newspaper Article of Collison and Plans of the Day for 7/25/1964 and August 6 and 10, 1964 from Earl Mayer
TIMELINES & SHIPMATES OF 1966-1970 (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT 1966-1968 (From Swede Michaelson) 
USS COLLETT participation in SAR rescue off North Vietnam (From Ken Burns of HS-6)
MY TOUR OF DUTY ON THE USS COLLETT (DD 730) 1966-1968 (From Steve Blanchard)
ABOUT OPERATION SEA DRAGON IN APRIL 1967 (From Bob Ross)
WELCOME ABOARD BROCHURE FROM 1967 (From Steve Killen)
COMMAND HISTORY FOR THE YEAR 1967 (From Andrew Bradick)
WELCOME ABOARD BROCHURE FROM 1968 (From Steve Killen)
COMMAND HISTORY FOR THE YEAR 1968 (From Swede Michaelson)
CRUISE SUMMARY AND CRUISE BOOK FOR 1969-1970 (From Bill Huffman)
DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY, 1970 (From the archives of the COLLETT Association)
COMMANDING AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (Compiled by Frank Olderr)
THE USS COLLETT AS THE "PIEDRA BUENA" (From many sources)
USS COLLETT - SERVICE MEDALS AND BATTLE STREAMERS (1958-1970)
 
 

 

 
 
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