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LCDR L. Peter Wren USNR ret entered
the US Navy on 28 December 1941 and
completed “Boot Camp” in Norfolk, VA.
in January 1942. The highest rate earned
as an enlisted man was SK 1/c. He was
commissioned as a line officer from
Columbia University in April 1944 and was
assigned to the USS Coates DE 685 in the
Atlantic Fleet. He was transferred to the
USS Bassett APD 73 in April 1945. On 26
July 1945 the USS Indianapolis delivered
the atomic bomb to Tinian Island for later
dropping on Hiroshima. The USS INDY was
sunk by a Japanese submarine on 30 July
1945 and 156 of the 317 survivors were
rescued by the USS Bassett. Wren was
a boat officer pulling the survivors from
the sea. Wren was released from Naval
service in April 1946 and received his
degree from Michigan State University in
1948. He was recalled for the Korean War
and served on the USS Halsey Powell DD
686 from January 1951 until December
1952. He was released to the Fleet Reserve
where he completed 20 plus years of service
and retired as a LCDR. LCDR Wren is a past president of the US Navy League, Richmond, VA. Council and organized the Naval Sea Cadet Program in Richmond, VA. He and his wife Helen Morrissey Wren have five children of whom one was a Navy Doctor. Author of: Those in Peril on the Sea 1999 We Were There 2002 World War II-Revisited 2005 Oral histories of USS Indianapolis tragedy |
