Allied Warships

Ronquil (SS-396)

Submarine of the Balao class

USS Ronquil during the Second World War

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine
Class	Balao
Pennant	396
Built by	Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	8 Jun 1942
Laid down	9 Sep 1943
Launched	27 Jan 1944
Commissioned	22 Apr 1944
End service	1 Jul 1971
History	Decommissioned 1 May 1952. Recommissioned 16 January 1953. Decommissioned, stricken and transferred to Spain on 1 July 1971 being renamed Isaac Peral (S-32). Stricken by the Spanish Navy in 1982. For more information on this ship see this website (offsite link)

Commands listed for USS Ronquil (396)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Henry Stone Monroe, USN	22 Apr 1944	Dec 1944
2	T/Lt.Cdr. Robert Bond Lander, USN	Dec 1944	29 Aug 1945
3	Cdr. Romondt Rudd, USN	29 Aug 1945	Mar 1946

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Notable events involving Ronquil include:

8 Jul 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) arrived at Pearl Harbor.

31 Jul 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Formosa.

4 Aug 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) topped up with fuel at Midway.

24 Aug 1944
While operating off Formosa USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) torpedoed and sank the Japanese army cargo ship Yoshida Maru No.3 (4646 GRT) off Keelung, Formosa in position 25°29'N, 123°15'E and the Japanese merchant cargo ship Fukurei Maru (5969 GRT) off Sankaku Island in position 25°13'N, 121°49'E.

8 Sep 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) ended her 1st war patrol at Majuro.

30 Sep 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) departed from Majuro for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Honshu, Japan.

8 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) enters Saipan for a short refit.

10 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) departed from Saipan, she was ordered to patrol south of Japan to destroy Japanese guard boats.

17 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) and USS Burrfish (Lt.Cdr. W.B. Perkins, Jr.) heavily damaged the Japanese guard boat Fusa Maru (177 GRT) south of Hachiro Jima, Japan in position 32°15'N, 140°00'E.

Burrfish is damaged by gunfire from the Japanese ship and Ronquil is damaged, most likely, by the premature explosion of a 40 millimetre shell.

28 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) ended her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.

21 Dec 1944
USS Charr (Cdr. F.D. Boyle, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbor together with USS Doherty (Lt. W.J. O'Brien, USNR), USS Cabana (Lt.Cdr. R.L. Bence, USNR), USS Sicard (Lt. J.W. Botten, USN), USS YMS 193, USS YMS 235, USS YMS 374, USS Blower (Cdr. J.H. Campbell, USN), USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe, USN) and USS Threadfin (Cdr. J.J. Foote, USN).

1 Jan 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departed from Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.

24 Jan 1945
At 0100I/24, instruction were received by USS Burrfish (T/Lt.Cdr. M.H. Lytle, USN) to make rendezvous with USS Pogy (T/Lt.Cdr. P.G. Molteni, Jr., USN) and USS Ronquil (T/Lt.Cdr. R.B. Lander, USN).

Rendezvous was effected at 1700I/24 to the north of Tori Shima, Bonin Islands in position 31°00'N, 140°20'E. A 50 knot gale blowing and mountainous sea however prevented information being passed by line between the submarines so at 2030I/24, USS Burrfish which was group commander, passed information to the other two submarines through VHF. A search was then commenced by all three submarines, procceding on course 090° at 10 knots. The submarines were placed 20 miles apart. (1)

7 Feb 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) torpedoed and damaged the Japanese army cargo ship Kuretake Maru (1924 GRT) off the Bonin Islands in position 31°46'N, 140°17'E.

14 Feb 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ended her 3rd war patrol at Guam.

11 Mar 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departed from Guam for her 4th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the northern Bonin Islands and south of Japan.

24 Apr 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ended her 4th war patrol at Midway.

19 May 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departed from Midway for her 5th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.

26 Jul 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ended her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.