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Karatsu  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
唐津 [Karatsu] (ex-Luzon)			Kiangnan Dock, Shanghai, China	11.1926	12.9.1927	6/1928 // 8.1942	sunk 3.2.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	560
Displacement full, t
Length, m	60.0 wl 65.4 oa
Breadth, m	9.53
Draught, m	1.75
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Thornycroft boilers
Power, h. p.	3150
Max speed, kts	16
Fuel, t	oil 173
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/40 11-shiki, 10 x 1 - 7.7/80
Complement	82

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Project history

USN river gunboat Luzon was scuttled at Corregidor 6.5.1942, salvaged by Japanese, repaired and 1.8.1942 entered service as Karatsu.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

3.3.1944 Karatsu was damaged by US submarine Narwhal and has sunk as result of earlier received damages at Manila 3.2.1945.