Allied Warships

Runner (i) (SS-275)

Submarine of the Gato class

USS Runner as completed

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Gato
Pennant	275
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	9 Sep 1940
Laid down	8 Dec 1941
Launched	30 May 1942
Commissioned	30 Jul 1942
Lost	1 Jul 1943
History	On 27 May 1943 USS Runner (Lt.Cdr. Joseph Hunt Bourland, USN) departed Midway Island for the Kurile Island chain and waters off northern Japan. No report was heard from her. Runner was declared overdue and presumed lost in July 1943 and struck from the Navy list on 30 October 1943. Most likely she was mined. The loss date is an approximate one.

Commands listed for USS Runner (i) (275)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Frank Wesley Fenno, Jr., USN	30 Jul 1942	6 May 1943
2	T/Lt.Cdr. Joseph Hunt Bourland, USN	6 May 1943	1 Jul 1943 (+)

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Notable events involving Runner (i) include:

4 Dec 1942
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno, USN) departed New London, Connecticut for the Panama Canal Zone.

27 Dec 1942
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno, USN) transited the Panama Canal.

10 Jan 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) arrived at Pearl Harbor from the US east coast.

18 Jan 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the Mariana Islands area and off the Palau's.

7 Mar 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) ended her 1st war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

1 Apr 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.

20 Apr 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) lays mines off Pedro Blanco Rock near Hong Kong.

24 Apr 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese army hospital ship Buenos Aires Maru (9625 GRT) in the South China Sea south of Hong Kong in position 21°41'N, 116°24'E.

6 May 1943
USS Runner (Cdr. F.W. Fenno) ended her 2nd war patrol at Midway.

27 May 1943
USS Runner (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Bourland) departed from Midway for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands. She is never heard from again.

11 Jun 1943
USS Runner (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Bourland) torpedoed and sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Seinan Maru (1338 GRT) off Monomi Zaki, off the north-west coast of Honshu, Japan in position 41°00'N, 141°30'E.

24 Jun 1943
USS Runner (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Bourland) torpedoed and sank the Japanese army cargo ship Shinryu Maru (4935 GRT) off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles in position 48°06'N, 153°15'E.