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USS ''Runner'' (SS-275) was a ''Gato''-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the runner, an amberfish inhabiting subtropical waters, so called for its rapid leaps from the water. ''Runners keel was laid down on 8 December 1941 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard of Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 30 May 1942 sponsored by Mrs. John H. Newton, and commissioned on 30 July 1942 with Commander Frank W. Fenno, Jr. (previously captain of the ) in command. Following shakedown out of New London, Connecticut, ''Runner'' departed the east coast in late 1942, and arrived at Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal on 10 January 1943. Her first patrol, 18 January to 7 March, was conducted in the area between Midway Island and the Palau Islands. Five Japanese cargo ships were torpedoed on this patrol, but none was confirmed as being sunk. In making the last attack of the patrol on a freighter off Peleliu, she was damaged by a near miss from a bomb dropped from a patrol bomber. The concussion knocked out her sound gear and the power supply for both periscope hoists. ''Runner'' made her escape by a deep dive, the crew made emergency repairs, and the ship returned to Pearl Harbor for overhaul. For this patrol Fenno received his third award of the Navy Cross. On her second patrol, 1 April to 6 May, ''Runner'' On 27 May, under command of Lieutenant Commander Joseph H. Bourland, she departed Midway for the Kuril Islands chain and waters off northern Japan. No report was heard from her. Captured Japanese records indicated that she sank the cargo ship ''Seinan Maru'' on 11 June in Tsugaru Strait off Hokkaidō, and the passenger-cargo ship ''Shinryu Maru'' on 26 June off the Kuril Islands. ''Runner'' was declared overdue and presumed lost in July 1943 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 October 1943. == Awards == ''Runner'' was awarded one battle star for World War II service. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Runner (SS-275)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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