USS Wren (DD-568) [SEP] vessel class
USS Wren (DD-568)
USS "Wren" (DD-568) was a "Fletcher"-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Sergeant Solomon Wren, USMC, who took part in Lieutenant Stephen Decatur's raid into Tripoli harbor during the First Barbary War.
"Wren" was laid down on 24 April 1943 at Seattle, Wash., by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp.; launched on 29 January 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Jeanne F. Dockweiler; and commissioned on 20 May 1944, Commander Edwin A. McDonald in command
, 1805, and no further record of his life has been found. Solomon is known to be linked to Gabriel Wren a Marine / singer songwriter based in Nashville TN. Gabriel is a songwriter for the popular show " Outlaw Country " Tuesday nights on WGN America.
Namesake.
In 1944, the destroyer USS "Wren" (DD-568) was named in his honor.