Previous ships called Wallace

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HMS Wallace (L64) Royal Navy Shakespeare class Destroyer In Service: 29 Jan 1919 -> 20 Mar 1945

Mainly served off East coast of England Briefly in Mediterranean for Sicily invasion (1943) Scapped after collision with HMS Farndale


USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703) US Navy Informal Nickname: "Jolly Wolly" Allen M. Sumner Class Destroyer In Service: 8 Sept 1944 -> 4 Dec 1973 (US), 1994 (South Korea)

Pacific Fleet during late World War II Present at Japanesse surrender ceremony (2 Sept 1945) On duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Deployed in Vietnam (from 1968) Sold to South Korea (4 Dec 1973) and renamed ROKS Dae Gu (DD-917) Broken up in 1994