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Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Canopus after the first magnitude star Canopus in the constellation Argo.

  • USS Canopus (AS-9) was launched in 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Company as the Santa Leonora.
  • USS Canopus (AD-33) (ordered as AS-27, but reclassified before keel-laying) was a destroyer tender, but construction was canceled in 1945 prior to launching.
  • USS Canopus (AS-34) was launched on 12 February 1965.

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USS Canopus

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United States Navy have been named Canopus after the first magnitude star Canopus in the constellation Argo. USS Canopus (AS-9) was launched in 1919 by the...

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United States Navy submarine bases

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Submarine ship, known as "AS", were USS Alert (AS-4), USS Camden (AS-6) US Rainbow (AS-7) and USS Canopus (AS-9). The USS Beaver was the first specially built...

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Holy Loch

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erupted on USS Canopus, killing three of her complement. Almost four years later, on 3 November 1974, the nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS James Madison...

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Naval Base Manila

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Magallanes, SS Montanes, USS Canopus, USS Luzon (PG-47), USS Oahu, USS Quail, USS Napa (AT-32), USS Mindanao (PR-8), USS Bittern (AM-36), USS Bittern (AM-36),...

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United States naval bases in the Philippines

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Naval Station Sangley Point in 1964 Map of Corregidor Island in 1941 USS Canopus (AS-9) submarine tender in 1932 with S-37; S-40; S-36; S-38; S-41; S-39...

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USS Compass Island

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and three other decommissioned US Navy ships, USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98), USS Canopus (AS-34), and USS Canisteo (AO-99), were towed to a dry dock site...

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List of warships by nickname

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of Norfolk, VA "C-ville" – USS Chancellorsville "Cannabis" – USS Canopus; humorous malapropism "Can o' Pus" – USS Canopus (1980s reference to first 20%...

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USS Simon Lake

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the Naval Weapons Station, Goose Creek, South Carolina. In June 1979, USS Canopus relieved Simon Lake at the Naval Weapons Station Charleston, South Carolina...

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Charles Cullen

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The Navy reassigned Cullen to a lower-pressure job on the supply ship USS Canopus. He attempted suicide and was committed to the Navy psychiatric ward...

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Depot ship

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HMS Bonaventure was the depot ship for X craft. USS Bushnell was depot ship for Squadron 12 at Fremantle and Majuro. USS Canopus was lost serving as the Asiatic Fleet...

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4th Marine Regiment

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battalion's sailors were crew members of the disabled submarine tender USS Canopus. When the Japanese defeated allied forces in Bataan on 9 April 1942,...

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List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy

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USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...

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Battle of Bataan

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sailors from the Cavite Naval Ammunition Depot, and 130 sailors from USS Canopus (AS-9), with 120 sailors from the base facilities at Cavite, Olongapo...

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