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DE-793 / APD-85 Runels

Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport: Laid down 7 June 1943 as a Buckley Class Destroyer Escort at Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp., Orange TX; Launched 4 September 1943; Commissioned USS Runels (DE-793), 3 January 1944; Converted to a Charles Lawrence Class High-speed Transport at New York, redesignated (APD-85), 24 January 1945; Decommissioned 10 February 1947 at Mayport Fla; Assigned to the Mayport Fla. Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Struck from the Naval Register 1 June 1960. Sold for scrapping in 1962 to Portsmouth Salvage Co., Portsmouth VA.

Specifications: Displacement 1,400 t; Length 306' (oa); Beam 36' 10"; Draft 13' 6" (max); Speed 24 kts; Range 6,000 nautical miles at 12 kts; Complement 186; Troop Capacity 162; Boats 4 LCVP landing craft; Armament 1 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, 3 twin 40mm gun mounts, 8 single 20mm gun mounts, 2 depth charge tracks; Propulsion, 2 GE Turbines, (turbo-electric drive), 2 boilers 2 shafts, 12,000 shaft horsepower.

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
NavSource DE Pages, USS Runels (DE-793)
Destroyer Escort Sailors Association

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