USS Runels
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| Laid down: | 7 June 1943 |
| Launched: | 4 September 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 3 January 1944 |
| Reclassified: | APD-85, 15 December 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 10 February 1947 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1960 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 10 July 1961 |
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| Length: | 306 ft (93 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 9 in (11.20 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
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| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 15 officers, 198 men |
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USS Runels (DE-793/APD-85) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, named in honor of Ensign Donald S. Runels (1904–1942), who was killed when his ship, USS Northampton (CA-26) was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942.
Runels was laid down on 7 June 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, Texas; launched on 4 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. D. S. Runels, widow of Ensign Runels; and commissioned on 3 January 1944, Lieutenant Commander H. G. Claudius in command.
Runels, assigned to Escort Division 47 (CortDiv 47), completed shakedown off Bermuda in April. In March [sic] she joined Task Force 67 (TF 67), at Brooklyn, for transoceanic convoy duty. Between 25 March and 11 May, she escorted a convoy to the United Kingdom and back; then, toward the end of May, shifted to a more southerly route and convoyed ships to Casablanca. Returning in mid-June, she operated with escort carriers off the coast of southern New England until the 30th when she headed for North Africa again. On 10 July she arrived at Mers-el-Kebir; reported to Task Group 80.6 (TG 80.6); and commenced escort and patrol duty along the western North African coast. Within the week, however, her escort runs were extended to Naples where Allied forces were preparing for Operation Dragoon — the invasion of southern France.
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