Patrol torpedo boat Q-111 Luzon

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Imperial Japanese Navy Torpedo Boat No. 114 (circa 1943)
History
United States Army
NameQ-111 Luzon
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company, Southampton
Laid down15 April 1938
Launched1939
Sponsored byCommonwealth of the Philippines
HomeportManila
Fatescuttled, 9 April 1942
History
Imperial Japanese Navy
NamePatrol Boat No. 114
Commissioned12 April 1943
FateSunk by attack by aircraft, 1944/1945
General characteristics
TypeMotor torpedo boat
Tonnage20
gross register tons[1]
Length19.8 m (65 ft 0 in) o/a
Beam4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Draught1.5 m (4 ft 11 in)
Installed power1800
bhp
Propulsion3 Thornycroft petrol engines, 3 shafts
Speed41 knots
Complement6
Armament3 x .50 caliber machine guns, 2 x 21" torpedo tubes, 2 x Mark 14 torpedoes, 4 depth charges

Q-111 Luzon was a motor torpedo boat of the United States Army during World War II as part of the Offshore Patrol based at Manila.

History

In 1935, the

U.S. Naval Academy graduate First Lieutenant Jose V. Andrada[5] (namesake of the Jose Andrada-class patrol craft). The first two boats, the 65 foot Q-111 Luzon and the 55 foot Q-112 Abra were ordered simultaneously from the British builder John I. Thornycroft & Company of Southampton based on their existing coastal motor boat design.[6]

Q-111 differed in that she was larger and had fixed deck torpedo tubes while Q-112 had two torpedoes in stern troughs.

Cavite Naval Base. In addition to conducting patrols, Q-111 delivered food, ammunition, troops, and medicine to the beleaguered troops during the Battle of Bataan and Battle of Corregidor.[4]

On 17 January 1942, Q-111 and Q-112 were patrolling off the east coast of Bataan when they were attacked by nine Japanese dive bombers.

Cabra Island.[8]

Q-111 was re-floated, rebuilt, and commissioned into service on 12 April 1943 by the Imperial Japanese Navy as Patrol Boat No. 114.[8][12][13] In 1944 or 1945, she was sunk by US Naval aircraft in the Philippines.[8]

References

  1. ^ ONI 208-J (Supplement no. 2) Far Eastern Small Craft. Division of Naval Intelligence. March 1945. p. 10.
  2. ^ Zulueta, Joselito. "History of the Philippine Navy". Philippine Navy. Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9781591141938
    .
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "They Were Expendable Too: The Torpedo Boats of the Off-Shore Patrol". The Bataan Campaign. 22 February 2014.
  5. ^ a b "The Philippine Navy" (PDF). De La Salle University.
  6. ^ "Torpedo Boats Strike in the Pacific". Life (magazine). 9 February 1942.
  7. ^ a b "Wartime Coastal Patrol - December 1941" (PDF). Orosa family - Batangas province.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Philippine Motor Torpedo Boats of WW2". warsailors.net. 3 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Diary Of Ramon A. Alcaraz". The Philippine Diary Project. 27 December 1941.
  10. Republic of the Philippines
    . 6 August 2013.
  11. ^ "Diary Of Ramon A. Alcaraz". The Philippine Diary Project. 3 February 1942. At high noon today, enemy planes bombed Lamao area where Capt Jurado's OSP Inf Bn is deployed. Patrol Boat 'Danday', Lt Abraham Campo USNA '40 CO was a direct hit to pieces. Luckily, Abe, who used to be my ExO and his crew were taking their lunch ashore, are spared. There are no casualties but a few buildings were razed. The "Danday" under Lt Campo, had several successful night missions before smuggling PC intelligence operatives from Bataan to Manila and back.
  12. ^ "第１１４号魚雷艇（元比海軍魚雷艇） Torpedo boat Type "No.114" (Philippine Navy "Q111 Luzon")". military.sakura.ne.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ^ Japanese Naval Vessels at the End of the War (PDF). 25 April 1947. p. 134.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Patrol_torpedo_boat_Q-111_Luzon&oldid=1169109100"