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	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
	82k	Artist's conception of the Wren as she appeared after original construction by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource.		Navy Yard Associates
	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

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