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Home Town Brainerd, Minnesota
Last Address Baltimore, Maryland
Date of Passing Apr 12, 1940
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
Into the 1930s, Wallace Lind served as executive officer of Medusa (AR-1), Altair (AD-11), and Omaha (CL-4), followed by shore duty at the Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.
From 1935 to 1938, Commander Lind was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D.C. During this period, he received his promotion to captain to rank from 30 June 1937. Captain Lind died on 12 April 1940 at Baltimore, Maryland.
Other Comments:
USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703), was an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer named in honor of Captain Wallace Lind.
Lind, born in Brainerd, Minnesota, was appointed a midshipman on 30 June 1905 and commissioned an ensign on 5 June 1911.
Ensign Lind served on USS Stewart (DD-13), Denver (C-14), Goldsborough (TB-20), and Cheyenne (BM-10). On 31 August 1915, he departed Cheyenne and, one month later, arrived at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, for a post-graduate course in steam engineering, following which he attended Columbia University for special instruction.
Lind served on board Rhode Island (BB-17) from 2 March to 12 July 1917 and was then detailed to New York, N.Y., for duty on board the troop transport President Lincoln as engineering officer and, later, as executive officer. It was during this assignment that he was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism. On 4 May 1920, he reported to Michigan (BB-27) as first lieutenant, followed by a tour as first lieutenant on Arizona (BB-39).
Lind assumed command of Capella (AK-13) on 5 June 1922 and, upon being detached from that ship, reported to the Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif., on 18 April 1923 for duty as executive officer. Upon the completion of his duties there, he served as engineering officer of Arizona. This was followed by instruction at the Naval Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland, and at the Naval War College, Newport, R.I.
Pennsylvania Class Battleship: Displacement 31,400 Tons, Dimensions, 608' 6" (oa) x 97' 1" x 29' 10" (Max). Armament 12 x 14"/45 14 x 5"/51, 4 x 3"/50 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Turrets, 3" +2" Decks, 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 34,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws. Speed, 21 Knots, Crew 915.
Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York Naval Ship Yard, March 16, 1914. Launched June 19, 1915. Commissioned October 17, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken December 1, 1942.
Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7 1941. Arizona still rests in the berth where she sank. A Memorial to her crew was built over the wreck in 1962. 1,177 Officers and Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty inside her rusting hulk. The wreck is still bleeding fuel oil, more than 70 years after her sinking.
