RUNELS APD 85

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Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

    Buckley Class Type TE Destroyer Escort
    Keel Laid June 7 1943 - Launched September 4 1943

  1. USS RUNELS DE-793
    Commissioned January 3 1944

  2. USS RUNELS APD-85
    Reclassified High-speed Transport (APD) January 24 1945
    Decommissioned February 10 1947

    Struck from Naval Register June 1 1960
    Sold July 10 1961 to the Portsmouth Salvage Co., Portsmouth, Va for scrap

Naval Covers

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  1. Runels Covers Page 1     (1944-46)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
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Locy Type
2z

1946-06-27

As APD-85


 

Locy Type
9efu

1944-05-13

As DE-793
Censored wartime (WWII) use

 

Other Information

RUNELS earned one battle star for World War II service

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - European-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal w/ 1 star - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Donald Steven Runels (July 8 1904 - November 30 1942)
Runels enlisted in the Navy March 19 1926; was appointed Machinist September 14 1938; warranted Machinist (to rank from September 10 1938) on November 25 1939; and commissioned Ensign June 23 1942. Ensign Runels was killed when his ship, USS NORTHAMPTON CA-26 was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Tassafaronga November 30 1942

 


 

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