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Scuttled, 10 April 1942, off Bataan, P.I. to prevent Japanese capture

USS Canopus (AS-9)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Yangtze Service Medal - China Service Medal - American Defense Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Defense Medal
Canopus Class Submarine Tender:
  • Laid down as SS Santa Leonora at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched in 1919
  • Acquired by the US Navy for conversion to a Submarine Tender, 22 November 1921
  • Commissioned USS Canopus (AS-9), 24 January 1922, at Boston, CDR. A. S. Wadsworth in command
  • At the beginning of World War II Canopus was at Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Philippine Islands operation, 8 December 1941 to 10 April 1942
  • Final Disposition, scuttled, 10 April 1942, off Bataan, P.I..
  • USS Canopus received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,975 t.(lt) 7,750 t.(fl)
    Length 373' 8"
    Beam 51' 6"
    Draft 16' 4"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 314
    Armament
    two single 5"/38 gun mounts
    four single 3"/50 gun mounts
    Propulsion unknown
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    Canopus 83k USS Canopus (AS-9) in Apra Harbor, Guam, with Submarine Division 17 alongside, 29 October 1924. Submarine Division 17's members were:
    USS S-36 (SS-141)
    USS S-37 (SS-142)
    USS S-38 (SS-143)
    USS S-39 (SS-144)
    USS S-40 (SS-145) and
    USS S-41 (SS-146)
    US Navy photo # NH 55048 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 Robert Hurst
    Canopus 102k USS Canopus (AS-9) in Apra Harbor, Guam, with Submarine Division 17 alongside, 29 October 1924. Submarine Division 17 consisted of:
    USS S-36 (SS-141)
    USS S-37 (SS-142)
    USS S-38 (SS-143)
    USS S-39 (SS-144)
    USS S-40 (SS-145) and
    USS S-41 (SS-146)
    US Navy photo # NH 55048 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 Robert Hurst
    Canopus 71k USS Canopus (AS-9) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Canopus 40k USS Canopus (AS-9) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    Canopus 88k USS Canopus (AS-9), with the Asiatic Fleet's Submarine Squadron Five alongside, during the 1930s. Submarines present include (from left to right):
    USS S-37 (SS-142);
    USS S-40 (SS-145);
    USS S-36 (SS-141);
    USS S-38 (SS-143);
    USS S-41 (SS-146); and
    USS S-39 (SS-144).
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-1014615, a US Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    SS 141 196k USS Canopus (AD-9) with USS S-36 (SS-141) moored alongside, probably at Tsingtao, China, circa 1930 with the rest of the boats of Submarine Division Seventeen (SubDiv 17). The other S-boats are probably
    USS S-37 (SS-142),
    USS S-38 (SS-143),
    USS S-39 3SS-144).
    Note all the washing hung out to dry on the signal lines.         		Courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
    Jason 112k USS Canopus (AS-9) at Olongapo, P.I., 9 March 1932 (upper right), with four submarines moored alongside. The outboard submarine is USS S-38 (SS-143). In the foreground USS Jason (AV-2) is in USS Dewey (YFD-1) Drydock.
    US National Archives photo # 80-CF-22672-1 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    S-37 78k USS Canopus (AS-9) at Tsingtao, China, circa 1933-1934, with "S-Boats" of Submarine Squadron Five alongside. Outboard submarine is USS S-37 (SS-142).
    US Navy photo # NH 80140, Courtesy G.K. Bishop, USAR, 1974.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Canopus 32k USS Canopus (AS-9) moored with her brood in the far East, circa 1940s., location unknown.
    Photo from "United States Submarine Operations In World War 11", by Theodore Roscoe    		 Robert Hurst
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