USS Luzon (PG-47)

USS Luzon PG-47/PR-7
History
United States
Name	USS Luzon
Namesake	Luzon
Builder	Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai
Laid down	20 November 1926
Launched	12 September 1927
Commissioned	1 June 1928
Stricken	8 May 1942
Honors and awards	1 battle star
Fate	Scuttled 6 May 1942
Japan
Name	Karatsu
Fate	Torpedoed 3 March 1944; scuttled 5 February 1945
General characteristics [1]
Displacement	500 long tons (508 t)
Length	210 ft 9 in (64.24 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Speed	16 kn (30 km/h)
Complement	80
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber guns 10 × .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns

The first USS Luzon (PG-47) was laid down 20 November 1926 by the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai, China; launched 12 September 1927; sponsored by Miss Mary C. Carter, daughter of Commander Andrew F. Carter, USN; and commissioned 1 June 1928.