| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Buckley |
| Pennant | DE 793 |
| Built by | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd. (Orange, Texas, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | 13 Nov 1942 |
| Laid down | 7 Jun 1943 |
| Launched | 4 Sep 1943 |
| Commissioned | 3 Jan 1944 |
| End service | 10 Feb 1947 |
| History | Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified as APD-85 on 15 December 1944. |
Commands listed for USS Runels (DE 793)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Herbert Gordon Claudius, USNR | 3 Jan 1944 | 28 Feb 1945 |
| 2 | Barnett Hamlin, USNR | 28 Feb 1945 | 26 Sep 1945 |
| 3 | Charles Paul Sheppard, USNR | 26 Sep 1945 | 20 Jan 1947 |
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