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USS Wren
DD 568
(Fletcher Class)
Photo taken 7 December, 1945 off San Diego
The fog bank in the background caused us to be late getting in.
Photo Submitted by:
Charlie Uhls
Builder: Seattle-Tacoma
Laid Down: April 24, 1943
Launched: January 29, 1944
Commissioned: May 20, 1944
Fate: Sold for breaking up September 21, 1975
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DOL is seeking information on the USS Wren and her crews. Files and
photos may be emailed and DOL will incorporate them
into this page. When enough information has been assembled DOL will then build the ship
her own section.
The Fletcher Class
Displacement: 2,325 tons (2,924 tons Full load)
Length: 376 feet 5 inches
Beam: 39 feet 7 inches
Draught: 13 feet 9 inches
Machinery: four Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines
Performance: 60,000 shp for 38 knots
Bunkerage: 492 tons
Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots
Guns: five 5 inch; four 1.1 inch; four 20 mm
Torpedoes: ten 21 inch
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USS Wren DD 568 in Dutch Harbor Alaska - 1944
Photo courtesy Phil Phillips
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