 During the latter months of 1951, she conducted standardization and vibration tests under the auspices of the Bureau of Ships and its research facility at Carderock, Md., the David Taylor Model Basin.She returned to Charleston in December and, throughout 1952 and for the first eight months of 1953, performed normal operations and training in the western Atlantic.In August 1953, "Wren" was reassigned to Destroyer Division 61 (DesDiv 61) for deployment to the Far East.