WALLACE L LIND DD 703

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer Keel Laid February 14 1944 - Launched June 14 1944 USS WALLACE L. LIND DD-703 Commissioned September 8 1944 - Decommissioned December 4 1973 Struck from Naval Register December 4 1973 ROKS DAE GU DD-917 (South Korean Naval Service) Sold to South Korea December 4 1973, and renamed Stricken 1994 and broken up for scrap

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1945-70)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Post Office Period September 1 1944 to October 1 1946

 

Locy Type 2az

1945-06-16 to 1945-06-26

Mark from back of cover

 

Locy Type 2z

1946-04-15

Note:

 

Return Address

1946-04-15

Close-up view of the ship's return address.

 

Locy Type P USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-6

1945-09-02

Tokyo Bay

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2nd Post Office Period September 10 1949 to December 4 1973

 

Locy Type 2(n)

1950-04-21

Note:

 

Locy Type 2t(n+u) (USS)

1970-02-03

Cachet by Tazewell G. Nicholson

 

Other Information

WALLACE L. LIND earned 4 Battle Stars (WWII)

WALLACE L. LIND DD-703 was at Tokyo Bay September 2 1945 for the Japanese surrender

Earned 4 Battle Stars (Korea) and 3 Battle Stars (Vietnam)

NAMESAKE - Captain Wallace Ludwig Lind, USN (June 18 1887 – April 12 1940).
As executive officer of the Troop Transport USS PRESIDENT LINCOLN TT-3015 he was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism on May 31 1918. USS PRESIDENT LINCOLN was struck by three torpedoes from the German submarine U–90, and sank about twenty minutes later

 

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