USS Luzon (PR-7)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	River gunboat
Class	Luzon
Pennant	PR-7
Built by	Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works (Shanghai, China)
Ordered
Laid down	20 Nov 1926
Launched	12 Sep 1927
Commissioned	1 Jun 1928
Lost	6 May 1942
Loss position	14° 23'N, 120° 35'E

History	USS Luzon (Lt.Cdr. G.M. Brooke) was scuttled to prevent her capture by the enemy off Corregidor, Philippines in position 14º23'N, 120º35'E Raised and repaired by the Japanese and renamed Karatsu Badly damaged on 3 March 1944 by the US submarine USS Narwhal in the Sulu Sea in position 08º55'N, 123º20'E. Scuttled as blockship at Manila on 3 February 1945

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. George Magruder Brooke, USN	1940	6 May 1942

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