USS Luzon (ARG-2)

	USS Luzon (ARG-2) in the 1950s
History
United States
Name	Samuel Bowles; Luzon;
Namesake	Samuel Bowles; Luzon;
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 981
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number	2131
Laid down	8 April 1943
Launched	14 May 1943
Acquired	24 May 1943
Commissioned	12 October 1943
Recommissioned	20 September 1950
Decommissioned	25 March 1947; 3 June 1960;
Stricken	1 September 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: ARG-2; Code letters: NPYA; ;
Honors &; awards	1 × battle stars for Korean War service
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 August 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Luzon-class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light load); 14,350 long tons (14,580 t) (full load);
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 450 °F (232 °C); 2,500 shp (1,900 kW);
Propulsion	1 × General Machine Corporation vertical triple expansion engines; 1 x propeller;
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (ship's trials)
Complement	31 officers, 552 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun; 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber (DP) gun; 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts; 12 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts;

USS Luzon (ARG-2) was an internal combustion engine repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947 and from 1950 to 1960. She was the lead ship in a class of twelve ships and was scrapped in 1974.

History
USS Luzon (ARG-2) in the 1950s
United States
Name	Samuel Bowles Luzon
Namesake	Samuel Bowles Luzon
Ordered	as a Type EC2-S-C1 hull, MCE hull 981
Builder	Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Baltimore, Maryland
Yard number	2131
Laid down	8 April 1943
Launched	14 May 1943
Acquired	24 May 1943
Commissioned	12 October 1943
Recommissioned	20 September 1950
Decommissioned	25 March 1947 3 June 1960
Stricken	1 September 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: ARG-2 Code letters: NPYA
Honors & awards	1 × battle stars for Korean War service
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 26 August 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	Luzon-class Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
Type	Type EC2-S-C1
Displacement	4,023 long tons (4,088 t) (light load) 14,350 long tons (14,580 t) (full load)
Length	441 ft 6 in (134.57 m)
Beam	56 ft 11 in (17.35 m)
Draft	23 ft (7.0 m)
Installed power	2 × Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 220 psi (1,500 kPa) 450 °F (232 °C) 2,500 shp (1,900 kW)
Propulsion	1 × General Machine Corporation vertical triple expansion engines 1 x propeller
Speed	12.5 kn (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) (ship's trials)
Complement	31 officers, 552 enlisted
Armament	1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual purpose (DP) gun 3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber (DP) gun 2 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts 12 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts