Alan Raven hardly needs an introduction. Mr. Raven along with John Roberts were the authors of British Battleships of World War Two and British Cruisers of World War Two, the most important and thorough reference volumes on those two topics. Mr. Raven has also written numerous titles in the Ensign, Man O'War and Warship Perspective series, as well as larger volumes on the Essex Class aircraft carriers and Fletcher class destroyers.

Recently Alan Raven allowed Felix "Man About Town" Bustelo to scan photographs from his record. The most recent photographs received from Cosmo Bustelo are the photographs of the Sumner Class destroyer, USS Collett.

Top Left: The photograph is of the cruiser Tourville launched in 1926. She survived World War II and scrapped in 1963. Top Center and Right: The two destroyer photos are of the Vautour, a member of the Aigle class of large destroyers. She was launched in 1932 and was scuttled in 1942. Lower Row: The Le Gladiateur, a net laying ship launched in 1933.

	United States Navy
Here are four photographs of the USS Collett DD-730, a Sumner Class destroyer taken in 1944 during inclining experiments. The camouflage scheme is MS32 16D.
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