Allied Warships

Runner (ii) (SS-476)

Submarine of the Tench class

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. Served as a Naval Reserve Training Vessel, at Great Lakes Naval Training Station from 1969 until 15 December 1971. Stricken 15 December 1971. Sold in 1973 and broken up for scrap.

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.

28 Apr 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR) and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

29 Apr 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR) and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

30 Apr 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN), USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR), and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

1 May 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR) and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

2 May 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) conducted exercises in Panama Bay together with USS MacLeish (Lt. D.S. Cramer, USNR), USS McCormick (Lt. T.J. Moriarty, USNR) and USS Bulmer (Lt. T.C. Farrell, USNR).

5 May 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN), USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) departed Balboa, Panama Canal Zone for Pearl Harbour. The amphibious attack cargo ship USS Woodford (T/Capt. W.P. Folk, USN) was also in company until 1400TU/15. While in company exercises were carried out with the attack cargo ship.

21 May 1945
USS Moray (T/Cdr. F.L. Barrows, USN), USS Carp (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Hunnicutt, USNR) and USS Runner (T/Cdr. R.H. Bass) arrived at Pearl Harbor from Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. On arrival they were taken in hand for voyage repairs and some alterations following which all three commenced their final training before being ready to go on their first patrols.

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.