CANOPUS AS 9

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Canopus Class Submarine Tender Built 1918 - Launched 1919 Acquired by U.S. Navy November July 7 1919 USS SANTA LEONORA TT-4352 Commissioned July 10 1919 - Decommissioned August 26 1919 Transferred to U.S. Army USAT SANTA LEONORA Commissioned 1919 - Decommissioned 1921 Returned to U.S. Navy November 22 1921 and renamed USS CANOPUS AS 9 Commissioned January 24 1922 Damaged in air raids December 29 1941 - January 2 1942 SUNK (scuttled) April 10 1942 off Bataan, P.I. to avoid capture

Naval Covers

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1. USS Canopus AS-9 Covers Page 1    (1920-41)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established March 31 1922 - Disestablished December 28 1941

 

Locy Type 3 (B)

1927-07-03

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Locy Type 3b

1928-05-07

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Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "CAVITE / P. I."

1933-02-22

Inverted date

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT) "MANILA P. I. / MERRY XMAS"

1933-12-03

Sailor's Mail from USS S-36

 

Locy Type 3 (BC-BBT) "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1936-05-06

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Locy Type 3 (A-TTB) "HONSKONG / B. C. C."

1936-10-30

Note: Hong Kong mis-spelled

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-09-22

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Locy Type 3r (AC-BBT) "BRUNEI / BORNEO"

1938-05-30

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Locy Type 3s (AC) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-13

1923-07-12

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Locy Type 3s (B) "ASIATIC / STATION" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-13a

1929-04-03

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Locy Type 3s (A) "TSINGTAO / CHINA" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-13b

1930-07-16

Official mail from USS S-39

 

Locy Type 5hks "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1932-08-26

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Locy Type 6dep(3)-1

1940-01-11

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Locy Type 9(C)

1926-03-01

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Locy Type 9v(C) USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. C-13c

1931-10-26 to 1931-11-02

Mark from back of cover
USCS Postmark Catalog lists and illustrates as Type (C)...comma not visible in this example

 

Locy Type 9efw

1940-05-10

Money Order receipt with a properly applied MOB postmark.

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Locy Type 3 "DEVIL DOGS / OF THE SEA" 4th Regiment USMC Shanghai China

1936-11-17

Incoming mail to the USS Canopus

 

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Bataan) - Yangtze Service Medal - China Service Medal - American Defense Medal (with Fleet clasp) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Defense Medal

NAMESAKE - Named for a first magnitude star in the constellation Argo

 

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