file created: 12/07/02 01:01:48 , last update: 01/13/01
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APD-85 Runels
United States Navy fast attack transport
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/06/07
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/09/04 1944/01/03 1961/07/10
scrap
Namesake: Ens Donald Steven Runels, USN; KIA 42/11/30 onboard Northampton
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/05/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/05/1? 45/06/09     P.H. - training   66 
45/06/09 45/06/1?     escort convoy from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/06/1? 45/07/04     sail from Eniwetok to Marianas > Okinawa   66 
45/07/04 45/07/13     Okinawa - patrol off Hagushi Anchorage   66 
45/07/14 45/08/06     Leyte <> Okinawa convoy duty   66 
45/08/06 45/08/16     RP duty   66 
45/08/16 45/08/2?   30.8     66 
45/08/2? 45/09   31     66 
45/08/20       embark Marine occupation detachement from North Carolina   81 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DE-793, 1945 > APD-85; 1960/06/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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