On 1 July 1945, "Wallace L. Lind", in company with ships of Destroyer Squadron 62 (DesRon 62), got underway from San Pedro Bay in advance of the heavy ships of Task Group 38.3 (TG 38.3) to provide an anti-submarine screen for their sortie. Nine days later, the vessel arrived at the area off the east coast of Honshū, Japan, and the task group launched strikes against the Tokyo plains area. "Wallace L. Lind" assumed duty as a picket station, then acted as a communication link between task groups. On 14 July 1945, she joined the carrier strikes on the east coast of Honshū and the northern Honshū-Hokkaidō target area.