Wallace L Lind (DD 703) - Naval Cruise Book

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USS WALLACE LUDWIB LIND DD-703 Ts C .-'li Z --, ,.,. ,-,.,.. 9 o X U . - 0 o 0 EMD Q2 1957 MEDITERRANEAN ERUISE

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B. u 113. i for i 7- 3'rx,,, I R K Sag-1. hs. ge SL- ,- 'Qqftb xv enemy planes damaged by gun fire and four shot down. From the end of the war until September 1950, the LDNID served mostly as a training ship for Naval Reserve personnel, and made a 4 1X2 months cruise to the Mediterranean with the Sixth Fleet. In September of 1951, the LIND left Norfolk to participate in the Korean War, where she remained until 17 April 1952. In 1953, the LIND made a yard period and prepared herself for a world cruise, which was later cancelled, leaving the LIND to perform in operations out of the Norfolk area. In November 1954, she began a five months yard overhaul ending in March of 1955, when at which time, she once again prepared for another Mediterranean Cruise. On 20 July 1956, the LIND once again left for the Mediterranean and Sixth Fleet, this time, an eyewitness to the Suez Crisis, and her third trip. She returned to Norfolk on 7 December 1956 where she remained until July 1, 1957, except for two short cruises to Cuba and the North Atlantic.