About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 91. Chapters: USS Wallace L. Lind, USS Taussig, USS Ault, USS Alfred A. Cunningham, USS Laffey, USS Walke, USS Allen M. Sumner, USS Waldron, USS Willard Keith, USS O'Brien, USS Zellars, USS Lyman K. Swenson, USS John W. Weeks, USS Stormes, USS Ingraham, USS Douglas H. Fox, USS John A. Bole, USS Barton, USS Moale, USS Maddox, USS Hyman, USS Massey, USS Hank, USS Charles S. Sperry, USS James C. Owens, USS John R. Pierce, USS Lowry, USS Haynsworth, USS Hugh Purvis, USS English, USS John W. Thomason, USS Strong, USS Collett, USS Mannert L. Abele, USS Mansfield, USS Harry E. Hubbard, USS Soley, USS De Haven, USS Putnam, USS Gainard, USS Purdy, USS Compton, USS Blue, USS Borie, USS Samuel N. Moore, USS Robert K. Huntington, USS Brush, USS Frank E. Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley, USS Lofberg, USS Harlan R. Dickson, USS Henley, USS Cooper, USS Bristol, USS Beatty, USS Drexler, USS Buck, USS Meredith. Excerpt: USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was named for Captain Wallace L. Lind (1887-1940), who was awarded the Navy Cross during World War I. Wallace L. Lind was laid down on 14 February 1944 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 14 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Wallace L. Lind, widow of Captain Lind; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 8 September 1944, with Commander G. DeMetropolis in command. Shakedown, which took Wallace L. Lind from the New York Navy Yard to Bermuda and back, extended through 2 November 1944. Departing Virginia en route to the Pacific on 14 November, she transited the Panama Canal on the 27th and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 13 December and underwent upkeep and training exercises. Wallace L. Lind and Tracy (DM-19) took leave of Hawaii on 23 December, escorting Enterprise (CV-6) to Ulithi. Tracy left the formation and proceeded to Eniweto...
