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As a result of confusion on the bridge of Frank E. Evans, on Melbourne’s port side, was ordered to take up plane guard position on Melbourne’s port quarter. As Melbourne was going to flight quarters, Frank E. Evans was operating in a multinational formation of British, Australian, and New Zealand ships, centered on Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in the South China Sea. As Ara Piedra Bueno, she was in company with light cruiser Ara General Belgrano (ex- Phoenix) when Belgrano was torpedoed and sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror in the Falklands War.Īt about 0300, destroyer Frank E. Collet subsequently earned two battle stars in the Vietnam War before being sold to Argentina in 1974. Upon reaching Long Beach Naval Shipyard, her bow was replaced by that of Seaman, an incomplete destroyer in the reserve fleet. Collet suffered a badly smashed bow, pretty much everything forward of the forward 5-inch gun mount, but suffered no deaths or serious injury.Ĭollet reached Long Beach under her own power. Ammen was first towed to Long Beach and then to San Diego to complete decommissioning. Ammen suffered extensive damage to the after deck house and below the waterline, but the crew controlled the flooding.

The accident occurred while Ammen was in transit from Seal Beach to San Diego to be decommissioned, killing 11 crew members and injuring 20 aboard Ammen. Destroyer Collet collided with destroyer Ammen in dense fog off Newport Beach, California.