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Luzon - is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines. Located in the northern portion of the Philippines archipelago, it is the economic and political center of the
nation, being home to the country's capital city, Manila, as well as Quezon City, the country's most populous city. With a population of 64 million as of 2021,[3] it contains 52.5% of the
country's total population. Luzon may also refer to one of the three primary island groups in the country. In this usage, it includes the Luzon mainland, the Batanes and Babuyan groups of
islands to the north, Polillo Islands to the east, and the outlying islands of Catanduanes, Marinduque and Mindoro, among others, to the south. The islands of Masbate, Palawan and Romblon
are also included, although these three are sometimes grouped with another of the island groups, the Visayas. (Wikipedia)
Map-1 - Physical features of The island of Luzon (Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.)
Map-2 - Last Stand on Luzon (U.S. Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of The U.S. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA/OWI Collection, (reproduction number LC-DIG-fsa-8b08336))
Photo - Manila, capital of the Philippines (Andrew Moore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) camouflage scheme 6Ax. Drawing prepared by the Bureau of Ships for a camouflage scheme intended for internal
combustion engine repair ships of the ARG-2 (Luzon) class. This plan, approved by Captain Torvald A. Solberg, USN, is dated 3 April 1944. It shows the ship's port and
starboard sides and superstructure ends.
US National Archives photo #'s 80-G-173494 and 80-G-173495 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) underway, date and location unknown.
US National Archives photo # USN 1106623, courtesy Mariners' Museum - Ted Stone Collection, now in the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial. |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) moored to a buoy in Sasebo harbor, Japan, date unknown. |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) moored to a buoy, circa 1957-58, location unknown. |
Photo by Donald J. Wagner, SM3, USN USS Gunston Hall |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) moored to a buoy at Sasebo, Japan, date unknown. |
Courtesy Lyle Hildebrand USS Vega web site |
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USS Luzon (ARG-2) moored to a buoy at Kaohsiung Taiwan in 1959. |
Photo by Russell Cole ex-ET2 USN |
