USS Ronquil
Service
- as USS Ronquil (SS-396)22 April 1944 — 1 July 1971498 days of the war
- as Isaac Peral (S-32)1 July 1971 — 3 April 1984
- Name
- USS Ronquil
- Namesake
- Ronquil
- Builder
- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine
- Laid down
- 9 September 1943
- Launched
- 27 January 1944
- Commissioned
- 22 April 1944
- Decommissioned
- May 1952
- Recommissioned
- 16 January 1953
- Struck
- 1 July 1971
- Fate
- Transferred to Spain, 1 July 1971 (1971)
- Status
- Unknown
Specifications — As built
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,391 long tons (2,429 t)
- Length
- 94.79 m (311 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 4.88 m (16 ft)
- Speed
- 20.3 knots (37.5 km/h, 23.3 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 10
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Ronquil was a Balao-class submarine diesel-electric submarine of the United States Navy. The ship was named after Ronquil. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine laid her keel on 9 September 1943. Launched on 27 January 1944, she entered service on 22 April 1944.
111 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Gato-class submarine and was succeeded by the Tench-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,526 long tons surfaced and 2,391 long tons submerged. She measured 94.8 m (311 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 20.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 10. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She served with the United States Navy as USS Ronquil (SS-396) until 1 July 1971. She then passed to the Spanish Navy, serving as Isaac Peral (S-32) from 1 July 1971. She was in commission for 498 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in May 1952. She recommissioned on 16 January 1953. She was struck from the register on 1 July 1971.
She was transferred on 1 July 1971.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
This vessel is recorded in 2 configurations. Wartime refits changed armament and complement substantially, so each is kept separately rather than averaged into one set of figures. The figures above are as built.
As built
- Propulsion
- 4 × Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8-⅛ 10-cylinder opposed piston diesel engines driving electrical generators
- 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
- 4 × high-speed Elliott electric motors with reduction gears
- two propellers
- 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced
- 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
- Armament
- 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- 6 forward, 4 aft
- 24 torpedoes
- 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun
- Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Guppy IIA
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,848 long tons (1,878 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,440 long tons (2,479 t)
- Length
- 93.57 m (307 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 17 knots (31.5 km/h, 19.6 mph)
- Propulsion
- Snorkel added
- One diesel engine and generator removed
- Batteries upgraded to Sargo II
- Armament
- 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- (six forward, four aft)
- all guns removed
Sister ships
- ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
- USS Apogon
- USS Archerfish (SS-311)
- USS Aspro (SS-309)
- USS Atule
- USS Balao
- USS Bang
- USS Barbel (SS-316)
- USS Barbero
- USS Batfish (SS-310)
- USS Baya
- USS Becuna
- USS Bergall (SS-320)
- USS Besugo
- USS Billfish (SS-286)
- USS Blackfin
- USS Blanquillo (SS-323)
- USS Blenny
- USS Blower
- USS Blueback (SS-326)
- USS Boarfish
- USS Bowfin
- USS Brill
- USS Bugara
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Ronquil on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons