Allied Warships

USS Canopus (AS 9)

Submarine tender

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Submarine tender
Class	[No specific class]
Pennant	AS 9
Built by	New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	7 Mar 1918
Launched	19 Dec 1918
Commissioned	24 Jan 1922
Lost	10 Apr 1942
History	Displacement: 5975 BRT Length: 374 feet Complement: 314 Armament: 2 5" guns (2x1), 4 3" AA guns (4x1) Speed: 12 kts Acquired by the USN for conversion to a submarine tender on 22 November 1921 Commissioned as USS Canopus (AS-9) on 24 January 1922 USS Canopus (Cdr. Earl LeRoy Sackett) was scuttled off Bataan, Philppines on 10 April 1942

Commands listed for USS Canopus (AS 9)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Philip Raymond Kinney, USN	mid 1939	Feb 1940
2	Cdr. Earl LeRoy Sackett, USN	Feb 1940	10 Apr 1942

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