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USS Wren

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was placed out of commission, in reserve. She spent the next 11 years in the Reserve Fleet, berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Facility at Naval Station Philadelphia. Her name was struck from the
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to begin the occupation of Japan and to prepare for the formal surrender ceremony at which she was present on 2 September. She departed Japan that same day and, during the next month, visited
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with Task Force 92 (TF 92) between November 1944 and April 1945. Her first action occurred on 21 November 1944 when she participated in the shelling of
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The destroyer rejoined TF 77 on 3 January 1954 and cruised with the carriers until the 17th when she became a unit of TF 95. She served along the
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on 5 January and 18 February 1945, respectively. Her final bombardment of the Kurils took place on 15 March 1945, and Matsuwa again served as the target.
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watch. She came under air attack on several occasions but sustained no major hits while ending the careers of at least four of her airborne attackers.
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on the 28th. Resuming her voyage east on 1 December, she entered San Diego on the 7th. After a two-day visit, she headed—by way of the
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provided screen and plane-guard services to them between 10 October and 26 November. Following that assignment, she joined the
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and returned home. He was detached from the Marine Corps on 24 March 1805 and no further record of his life has been found.
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was placed back in commission at Charleston. For the next two years, she operated along the eastern seaboard and in the
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and provided similar services until mid-December when she returned to Japan at Sasebo for the Christmas holidays.
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spent the remaining weeks of the war at sea with TF 38 supporting the carriers while their planes struck the
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to prepare for the voyage home. She departed Japan on 11 February and, taking a westward route through the
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coast carrying out cease-fire surveillance missions with TF 95 until 1 February, when she returned to
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on 28 August and transited the Panama Canal on 2 September. After stops at San Diego, Pearl Harbor, and
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on October 31, 1803 after grounding on an uncharted reef off Tripoli. Under the command of Lieutenant
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was reassigned to Destroyer Division 61 (DesDiv 61) for deployment to the Far East. She stood out of
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on 13 October for a visit of just over a month. She departed Japan on 18 November and arrived at
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in the early 1960s. During this time, it supported Naval Reserve activities and made weekend
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Atoll until 17 May at which time she left the lagoon on her way to join in the six-week-old
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in December 1974 and on 22 October 1975, she was sold to the North American Smelting Co.,
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from 21 May to 18 June, performing antisubmarine patrols and standing antiaircraft
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class destroyers: 39.9 knots instead of the 35 listed above which was the standard
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where she arrived on 23 December. After an inactivation overhaul at Philadelphia,
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each spring. During her 1957 Mediterranean deployment, the ship served with the
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during another attack on Tripoli. On 20 September he transferred to the frigate
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ports and others to West Indian and American ports. She also served with the
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operated out of Norfolk periodically making overseas deployments. Among her
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three days later and remained there until 1 July when she joined units of
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In December 1963, after almost a decade of duty with the Atlantic Fleet,
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conducting shakedown training. In August, she reported for duty with the
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had three blade props instead of four, making her much faster than most
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Transferred to the Naval Reserve Force, the Wren was later used by a
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and succeeded in setting fire to the former American ship during the
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In February 1804, Wren volunteered for the expedition to destroy the
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1983 episode "Operation Silent Night" (archival film footage, since
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on several occasions. Annual "Springboard" exercises took her to
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on 29 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Jeanne F. Dockweiler; and
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activities were midshipman summer cruises, some to northern
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also portrayed the destroyer that first communicates with
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on the 25th but soon continued her voyage to the Western
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of the globe when she arrived in Norfolk on 9 April.
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A little over five years later, on 7 September 1951,
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were purchased by the Peruvian Navy for spare parts)
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Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy
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Assigned to the 296:Solomon Wren was born in 1780 in 174:17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) 3243: 3162: 3104: 3059: 2993: 2939: 2871: 2741: 2639: 2606: 2528: 2474: 2360: 2270: 846: 508:-based aerial attacks on Japan. 37: 22: 417: 121:Sold for scrap, 22 October 1975 823: 783:The ship is seen in the movie 580: 453:On 19 April, she stood out of 377:Construction and commissioning 206:(12,000 km) at 15 kn 1: 862:. The entry can be found 816: 597:and its research facility at 829:Per Raymond Collins BT2 USS 813:had already been scrapped). 727:appeared in the 1959 movie, 7: 803:. She also appeared on the 553:Philadelphia Naval Shipyard 527:with other elements of the 492:on 18 June, she arrived at 461:. The destroyer arrived at 291: 194:(65 km/h; 40 mph) 10: 3414: 840: 539:. The warship returned to 302:United States Marine Corps 3352: 3326: 3241: 3160: 3102: 3057: 2991: 2937: 2869: 2739: 2637: 2604: 2526: 2472: 2358: 2268: 2257: 2189: 934: 477:. 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Index

USS Wren (DD-568) underway in the 1950s
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Fletcher-class
destroyer
knots
nm
5 in (130 mm)
40 mm
20 mm
torpedo tubes
depth charge
Fletcher-class
destroyer
United States Navy
Loudoun County, Virginia
United States Marine Corps
Alexandria, Virginia
schooner
USS Enterprise
sergeant
frigate
USS Philadelphia
Tripolitan
pirates
Stephen Decatur, Jr.
ketch
USS Intrepid
First Barbary War
Gunboat No. 4
USS John Adams

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