Destroyer Photo Index DD-568 USS WREN (original) (raw)

USS WREN (DD-568)

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - SAILOR DANCE

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 10 x 40mm, 7 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding. April 24 1943.
Launched January 29 1944 and commissioned May 20 1944.
Decommissioned July 13 1946 and recommissioned September 7 1951.
(One of the stars of the movie Operation Petticoat with Cary Grant and Tony Curtis.)
Decommissioned December 30 1963.
Stricken December 1 1974.
Fate Sold October 22 1975 to North American Smelting, Wilmington, DE and broken up for scrap.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
143k	Solomon Wren was born in 1780 in Loudoun County, Va. and enlisted in the Marine Corps at Alexandria, Va., on 1 April 1799. Assigned to the schooner Enterprise, Wren rose in rank and, by the end of 1803, had been promoted to sergeant. In February 1804, Sgt. Wren volunteered for the expedition mounted to destroy the frigate Philadelphia, captured by the Tripolitan pirates on 31 October 1803 after grounding on an uncharted reef off Tripoli. Under the command of Lt. Stephen Decatur, Jr., Wren and 68 other sailors and marines entered Tripoli harbor on the night of 16 February in the ketch Intrepid and succeeded in setting fire to the former American shrp. Later that year, on 3 August, Sgt. Wren was slightly wounded while assigned to Gunboat No. 4 during another attack on Tripoli. On 20 September, he transferred to the frigate John Adams and returned home. He was detached from the Marine Corps on 24 March 1805, and no further record of his life has been found. Painting of the US Marines during the Barbary Wars.	Bill Gonyo
84k	The Wren in Dutch Harbor in 1944. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 23d.	Phil Phillips
30k	Dry Dock #2 in Sasebo, Japan in mid December 1953.	Gordon R. Hipp, RD2, 51-54/Archie Miller
193k	USS Wren (DD-568) underway at sea circa the mid 1950s. This photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center in December 1959, but was taken several years earlier. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107257.	Robert Hurst
189k	1958, Ship's Band playing for USS Intrepid during a transfer at sea.	Ed Zajkowski
92k	In Drydock at Todd Shipyards, Galveston, Texas March 1960.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
100k	As above.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
90k	As above.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
94k	As above.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
102k	In the Dry Tortugas June 1960.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
95k	As above.	Jack D. Prindible, Sr.
44k	Ship's patch	Mike Smolinski
31k	Ship's patch	Mike Smolinski
46k	Ship's patch	Mike Smolinski

USS WREN DD-568 History
View This Vessels DANFS History Entry
(Located On The hazegray Web Site, This Is The Main Archive For The DANFS Online Project.)

Commanding Officers
Thanks to Wolfgang Hechler & Ron Reeves

CDR Edwin Anderson McDonald May 20 1944 - Aug 31 1945

LCDR Clayton Ross Jr. Aug 31 1945 - Jul 13 1946

(Decommissioned Jul 13 1946 - Sep 7 1951)

CDR George Mellotte Hagerman Sep 7 1951 - Jun 25 1953

CDR Maurice F. Green Jun 25 1953 - Feb 1 1954

CDR Charles Henry Johnson Jr. Feb 1 1954 - Aug 20 1955

CDR John Joseph Rowan Aug 20 1955 - Jun 25 1957

CDR Francis Earl Rich Jun 25 1957 - Jun 11 1959

CDR Charles Francis Simonet Jun 11 1959 - Nov 4 1961

CDR Philip Carleton Koelsch Nov 4 1961 - Oct 8 1962 (Later RADM)

CDR Frederick Harold Oct 8 1962 - 1963

LCDR Billy Perry 1963 - Dec 30 1963

Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Morris L. Hill
Address: 1817 24th Ave. No. Texas City, TX 77590
Phone: (409)945-7225
E-mail: h.morris88@yahoo.com

Note About Contacts.