4 making her much faster than most Fletcher class destroyers. 39.9 knots instead of the 35 listed above which was the standard Fletcher speed. (Per Raymond Collins BT2 USS Wren 1952-56) The ship is seen in the movie "Operation Petticoat" (Blake Edwards, 1959). USS Wren is also portrayed as the destroyer that first communicates with "George Ray Tweed" in the 1962 Universal Pictures film "No Man is an Island". Also seen in TV show 'Magnum, P.I.', [Operation Silent Night] Season 4, episode 10, 1983 (archival film footage only, since Wren had already been scrapped. References External links navsource.org: USS Wren hazegray.org: USS Wren World War II destroyers of the United States Cold War destroyers of the United States Ships built in Seattle 1944 ships Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy