RONQUIL SS 396

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Balao Class Submarine Keel Laid September 9 1943 - Launched January 27 1944 USS RONQUIL SS-396 Commissioned April 22 1944 - Decommissioned January 5 1948 Recommissioned January 16 1953 - Decommissioned July 1 1971 Struck from Naval Register July 1971 ISAAC PERAL S-32 (Spanish Naval Service) Transferred to Spain July 1 1971 and renamed Struck from Spanish Naval List 1982 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-01-27

Triple launching with USS RAZORBACK SS-394 and USS REDFISH SS-395

 

Kittery ME Machine

1944-04-22

Commissioning

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Locy Type 2z

1945-05-13

Note:.

 

Other Information

RONQUIL received six battle stars for World War II service

Credited with sinking...
The 4646-ton Japanese Army Cargo Ship YOSHIDA MARU N0. 3, August 24 1944 off Formosa
The 5969-ton Japanese Merchant Cargo Ship FUKUREI MARU, August 24 1944 off Sankaku Island

NAMESAKE - A spiny-finned fish found along the northwest coast of North America

 

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