Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Submarine |
Class | Tench |
Pennant | 476 |
Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 10 Jul 1944 |
Launched | 17 Oct 1944 |
Commissioned | 6 Feb 1945 |
End service | 15 Dec 1971 |
History | Decommissioned 25 January 1969. |
Commands listed for USS Runner (ii) (476)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Cdr. Raymond Henry Bass, USN | 17 Oct 1944 |
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Notable events involving Runner (ii) include:
18 Mar 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) arrived at Newport, Rhode Island from Portsmouth, New Hampshire for torpedo trials.
21 Mar 1945
Having completed her torpedo trials USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) arrived New London, Connecticut.
5 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for Key West, Florida.
10 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) arrived at Key West.
11 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
12 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
13 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
14 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
16 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
17 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
18 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
19 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) conducted exercises off Key West.
20 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) departed Key West, Florida for the Panama Canal Zone.
24 Apr 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) arrived in the Panama Canal Zone.
30 Apr 1945
USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR), USS Moray (Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) and USS Runner (Cdr. R.H. Bass).
5 May 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN) departed the Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbour.
21 May 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) arrived at Pearl Harbor.
1 Jun 1945
USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Pruitt (Lt. D.B. Harby, USNR), USS Loeser (Lt.Cdr. J. Proctor, USNR), USS Florikan (Lt. D. Hima, USN) and USS Runner (Cdr. R.H. Bass, USN).
25 Jun 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) departed from for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol east of Honshu, Japan.
10 Jul 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) torpedoed and sank the Japanese minesweeper W-27 (648 tons, built 1943, offsite link) off Tadosaki, northern Honshu, Japan in position 39°20'N, 142°07'E.
24 Jul 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) ended her 1st war patrol at Guam.
4 Aug 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) departed from Guam for her 2nd war patrol. Once again she was ordered to patrol of the east coast of Honshu, Japan.
31 Aug 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) enters Tokyo Bay.
3 Sep 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) departed from Tokyo Bay bound for Pearl Harbor.
12 Sep 1945
USS Runner (ii) (Cdr. R.H. Bass) ended her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
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