World War II Service
Road Runner, a wooden coastal minesweeper, served her three-year, World War II career with the 11th Naval District and the Western Sea Frontier with a homeport of San Pedro and a home yard of Mare Island, California.
Her operations involved daily minesweeping out of San Pedro, sometimes running to Santa Catalina Island or south to San Diego.
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