| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Submarine |
| Class | Balao |
| Pennant | 396 |
| Built by | Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 9 Sep 1943 |
| Launched | 27 Jan 1944 |
| Commissioned | 22 Apr 1944 |
| End service | 1 Jul 1971 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 1 May 1952. 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 | Lt.Cdr. Henry Stone Monroe, USN | 22 Apr 1944 | Dec 1944 |
| 2 | Cdr. Robert Bond Lander, USN | Dec 1944 | 29 Aug 1945 |
| 3 | Cdr. Romondt Rudd, USN | 29 Aug 1945 | Mar 1946 |
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Noteable events involving Ronquil include:
8 Jul 1944
With her trials and initial training completed USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) arrives at Pearl Harbor.
31 Jul 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) departs Pearl Harbor for her 1st war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off Formosa.
4 Aug 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) toppes off with fuel at Midway.
24 Aug 1944
While operating off Formosa USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Yoshida Maru No.3 (4646 GRT) off Keelung, Formosa in position 25º29'N, 123º15'E and the Japanese merchant cargo ship Fukurei Maru (5969 GRT) off Sankaku Island in position 25º13'N, 121º49'E. (see map)
8 Sep 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) ends her 1st war patrol at Majuro.
30 Sep 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) departs Majuro for her 2nd war patrol. She is 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) departs Saipan, she is ordered to patrol south of Japan to destroy Japanese guardboats.
17 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) and USS Burrfish (Lt.Cdr. W.B. Perkins, Jr.) heavily damages the Japanese guardboat Fusa Maru (177 GRT) south of Hachiro Jima, Japan in position 32º15'N, 140º00'E.
Burrfish is damaged by gunfire from the Japanese ship and Ronquil is damaged, most likely, by the premature explosion of a 40 millimeter shell. (see map)
28 Nov 1944
USS Ronquil (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Monroe) ends her 2nd war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
1 Jan 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departs Pearl Harbor for her 3rd war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the Bonin Islands.
7 Feb 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) torpedoes and damages the Japanese army cargo ship Kuretake Maru (1924 GRT) off the Bonin Islands in position 31º46'N, 140º17'E. (see map)
14 Feb 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ends her 3rd war patrol at Guam.
11 Mar 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departs Guam for her 4th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol off the northern Bonin Islands and south of Japan.
24 Apr 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ends her 4th war patrol at Midway.
19 May 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) departs Midway for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the East China and Yellow Seas.
26 Jul 1945
USS Ronquil (Cdr. R.B. Lander) ends her 5th war patrol at Pearl Harbor.
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