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2010 Charleston Reunion
Canopus crossing OVER the new Cooper River Bridge
The 2010 reunion of the USS Canopus Association will be in Charleston September 9-12, 2010. Our host hotel, Sheraton Charleston Airport Hotel, is one of the nicest in the area. We have a very large meeting room and is just across from their indoor/outdoor pool and lounge area. Bring your swimsuit!
Click here for the informational email I sent out on Sept. 2nd: 
Reunion handout to our historical archives:
Reunion Attendee List: |
Tour highlights are:
Cold War Submarine Memorial
Read about "Meisburger's Folly"
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USS Yorktown and other Patriots Point Ships |
Fort Sumter |
Old Charleston Navy Base |
Hunley Civil War Submarine |
Historic Charleston bus tour |
In addition, Jim Hulse will be displaying his model of the Canopus:
Bring your dance shoes! Unbelievably, Several members of the original ship's band from the late 60's, The Anchormen, will be performing at the Saturday night dinner.
For all the scuttlebutt and to the register, click here:
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Return of an old Favorite: Canopus Tee Shirt
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Back by popular demand is the Canopus Tee Shirt .
Front displays the ship's patch.
Back has the Tom Denton
print.
Order in the Ship's Store:
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GHOSTS OF CANOPUS (AS-9)
by Everett M. Perry
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Its weigh anchor for the Old Lady USS Canopus (AS-9). GHOSTS OF CANOPUS is a 196 page picture-book about the USS Canopus (AS-9) and her crew as prisoners of war of the Japanese.
Ordering information, sample photos and a link to a 12 page PDF for
closer examination of the quality of this publication is available by
clicking here:
A must for families and friends of the USS Canopus (AS-9), done as a professional labor of love.
E. Perry
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More Blueprints: Contract Plan Booklet
Visit the layout of your working compartment, then enter the Security Locker and walk past the Marine guard to see all those secret places on the Canopus.
Tom Denton has provided the Assocation with an amazing collection of 72 blueprint sheets. Click on the FBM Storage Area to walk the passageways once again: |
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Enter the Canopus Time Machine
The ship that can build or repair anything has created a Time Machine!
Click on the control button to go back in place and time to Kings Bay on October 7, 1994 and attend the Decommissioning Ceremony. |
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New Ship's Store Item: Canopus Commuter Cup
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Drink your java and recall those good old days on the Canopus. Cup features 4 of the best photos of the ship. Click on the cup to see them all.
The cup has gone through non-destructive testing and is certified "sub safe".
Save money too. Bring into any Starbucks and get 10¢ off for using a personal cup.
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Old Canopus Cruise Book
Amazing AS-9 cruise book of China, Japan and Philippines during the 1930's.
Although there a lots of pictures of the old Canopus, subs and other ships, some of pictures are disturbingly graphic depictions of the results of war and famine.
Click on photo to go to the webpage containing the slideshow:
Canopus Milestone: 100th Lifetime Member
Congratulations to Tony DeSilvis (SN - 1970-1972 - 2nd Division Cranes) for becoming our 100th Canopus Lifer. Tony joins the group of Association members that have made a lifetime commitment to keeping the memory of the Canopus alive in the years and decades ahead.
Don't be a slacker .... become a Canopus Lifer:
Can't Get Enough of Canopus?
You been all through this website, looked for your buddies in the Shipmates List, read all the Deck Logs entries, spent days viewing all the Photos and Videos, and found your working compartment and bunk in the Blueprints. Still need more Canopus?
Jason Furtak (YNSN - 1992-1994 - XO Admin) has started a Facebook page that is going gangbusters. You do not have to join Facebook to just view the contents. Just click here to get even more Canopus:
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There is now a Video page. Check out the Captain Eaton Oral History, Chuck Norris's 8mm film he took in the mid-60's and Tom Denton's walkthrough of the Canopus when it was in the reserve fleet in October 2001, among others.
Click here to go directly there:
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President George Washington attends USS
Canopus 2009 Valley Forge reunion!
Click here to get the whole story and see the many photos of the shipmates and guests that attended:
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