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The submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) received severe damage when hit by heavy bombers on December 29, 1941. She lost six of her crew in the attack, with another six wounded. She was later scuttled off Manila Bay rather than face capture by the enemy. Her crew was used in the defense of Bataan and Corregidor. A large number of her crew died in the Philippine Islands, during transport to POW camps in Japan, or in the camps themselves. The listing below is probably incomplete. In late November of 2021, six additional men were added to this listing.
A listing ot men who were assigned to USS Canopus and who are thought to have survived the war follows the listing of the men who were lost.
Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Research is ongoing, and many pages have recently been updated. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.
*Men who died when the Hellship Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk on October 24, 1944 by USS Shark (SS-314).
Dallas Eugene Householder and Stephen Raymond Sturgell were added to this list on November 24, 2021. William Joseph O'Brian, Jr. and Alfred Fitzgerald White were added on November 26, 2021. Paul Bernard Martin and Wencislao Montero were added on November 30, 2021.
Virgil Ford McClatchey, previously listed on this page as a lost crew member of USS Canopus, was actually assigned to the US Naval Hospital in Canacao, Philippine Islands.
We are presently researching William Henry Glass, Machinist, who may have joined the Canopus crew in 1941. ____________________________________________________________________________
The following men served on USS Canopus and are thought to have survived the war.
Note that the men whose names are followed by an asterisk (*) are sailors whose records are incomplete. With the exception of Yee D. Ying, who was from Hong Kong, all are believed to have been from the Philippines. We are attempting to asertain the fate of each. Please contact us if you have further information on any of these men.
| Name | Name | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Theodore (Teodoro) Abelon* | Carl Otto Grewe | Clarence Hampton Nelson, Jr. |
| George A. Abrahamsen | James Sullivan Griffin | Herbert Carl Neumann |
| James Ackerman | Oscar Theodore Gullickson | Alfred Harry Newell |
| David Garland Allen | Edward J. Hall | John Thomas Nicholson |
| Bayard Powers Ames | Vaness Frederick Hall | Milford Nielsen |
| Levio Amidei | Claude Amos Hamilton | William Wayne Nies |
| Holger Hans Andersen | Charlie Hammon | David Nixon, Jr. |
| Earl Gustav Anderson | Jess Willard Hanson | Sylvester Farrington North |
| Epifanio Angeles* | Walter Evans Happy, Jr. | Harley Theodore Null |
| Harold Cyril Augustine | John Leroy Harrington | Burl Lee Nye |
| Ralph Lloyd Augustus | Otto Bennefield Harris | James Aloysius O'Connor |
| Lowell Everett Auton | Earl Tasker Hartsell | Thomas John O'Connor |
| Ivan John Bailey | Warren Karl Hawkes | Jessie Lee Odey |
| Aloysius Stanley Bajorek | Andrew Allen Henry | Joseph Patrick O'Grady |
| Louis B. Balen | Julian Herrera* | McKinley Oliver |
| Archie Norman Banbury | George Roswell Higley | Melville Louis Oliver |
| Burke Hugh Barfield | Lester James "Jim" Hildreth, Jr. | James Marcellus O'Mally |
| Thomas Elmer Barnum | Gerald Woodie Hines | Lyle Forrest Orcutt |
| Wallace Arthur Barton | Merlin Freeland Hinrichsen | James Irwin Orr |
| Richard Allen Beam | Allen Jones Hodge | Harold Peter Orth |
| Glen Taylor Bean | Robert Faye Hoffsetz | Matthew Ovington |
| Dean Leo Beavers | Grady Lee Hoggard | Samuel Robert Owens |
| Franklin Clark Beckett | Wesley James Holden | Manuel Pacumio* |
| Thomas Delbert Beers | James Herron "Jimmie" Hooten | Richard Edward Paget |
| Junior G. Bevis | George Rice Howerton, Jr. | Perfecto Palma* |
| Robert Gray "Bick" Bickley | Albert Neal Hughes | Eulogio Palomares* |
| Frank Herndon Bigelow | Jess Willard Hughes | John Jackson Parker |
| Joseph Regis Bigley | William Allen Hummell | Ted Parker, Jr. |
| Harry Arnold Bilbo | Jack Humphrey | Harold Pentius Parks |
| Otis Ray Bills | William Albert Hunter | William Alexander Parks |
| Cordell Bingham | William Adolphus Hutchison | Thomas Anthony Passaretti |
| Rollie Heym Blair | James Earl Irey | William Anderson Patton |
| Harry Yeager Blankenhorn | Cloyd Walter Jackson | Charles George Pearman |
| George Junior Blevins | Wilbur Joseph Jackson | Charles John Peda |
| George W. Bollin, Jr. | Abe Jacobs, Jr. | James Leonard Penola |
| Owen Boothroyd, Jr. | Cletus Wilfred Jaeger | Joseph Raymond Perry |
| James Douglas Bordwell | John Edward Jaeger, Jr. | Joseph Perry, Jr. |
| Lester Aran Bostian | Edwin Henry Jahn | Shannon Lester Petersen |
| Emmitt Paul Bowen | Lee Farris Jarrell | James Lyle Peterson |
| Whitton F. Brill | Howard Jeanes | Warren Gamaliel Petty |
| Mark Floyd Britain | William Floyd Jeffries | Leonard Virgil Pickett |
| Henry Maxie Broussard | Arthur Wallace Jensen | Robert Ping |
| Lee Euel Broussard | Harold Chris Jenson | Santos Ponce* |
| Charles Milton Brown | Edmin Leroy Johnson | Walter Edward Portis |
| David Joseph Brown | Nelson Laverne Johnson | Lawrence Everett Poulin |
| Theodore Richard Brownell | Willard Carroll "Gus" Johnson | Thomas Price |
| James Richard Brumley | Wilmer Johnson | Charles Hubert Primm |
| Zygmond "Ziggie" Budzaj | Robert Wilfred Johnston | Theodore Foch "Ted" Provost |
| John Burk | Leslie Jones | Burrel James Reynolds |
| John J. Burke | Osborne Joseph Jones | Herman Edgar Rhodes |
| Earnest Michael Burnette | John William Joyce | William Lloyd Ritter |
| Robert Vernon Burton | Nicholas Richard Kalynych | Morton Edmund Roberts |
| John Burtz | Walter John Karkut | Jack Jerome Rocher |
| Richard Charles Busch | Chester Kazmierczak | Arthur Clemense Rogowski |
| George Bronson Butterfield | Robert William Kellam | Albin C. Ronning |
| Elmer Guy Byers, Jr. | Charles Raymond Kelly | Earl Brigham Rose |
| Joseph Valton Calkins | John Kenney | Melvin Leland Routt |
| John Edward Carnes | Darwin Frost Kidd | John Patrick Ryan |
| James Edward Carpenter | Francis Richard Kidder | Earl Leroy Sackett (CO) |
| Teodoro Carpio* | James Marvin Kimbell | Alma Ernest Salm |
| Arthur William Chandler | Burton Vernon King | Leopoldo L. Salvestre* |
| Gilbert Charlesworth, Jr. | Frank King | Frank A. Satterfield |
| John Marvin Cheek | Nathan Hughes King | Virgil Laverne Sauers |
| Arthur Christensen | Jack Pershing Kirby | William O. Savage |
| John Robert Christian | Peter Joseph Kirhgesner | George Arthur Schneickert |
| L. B. Chrouch | Raymond Wilson Kirk | Nicholas Scillo |
| John Rudolph Cicha | Joseph Edward Klepek | James Colouitt Scott |
| Edgar Rohr Clark | Harold William Kneeland | Ralph Norfleet Searcy |
| Charles Vance Claybourn | Aubrey Arthur Knight | Daniel David Senften |
| John Porter Collins | Chester Brown Knight | Paul Louis Shealy |
| William M. Collins | Guy Ellis Knod | Robert Carlton Sheats |
| Woodrow Wilson Conaway | John Leland Koon | Wright Painter Shill, Jr. |
| Floyd Ottis Conn | Howard William Koviak | Robert Dorus Simmons |
| Arthur L. Connell | Phillip Charles Krebs | Hugh Hanceford Sims |
| Lawrence Cooke | Bennie Krupa | Terrance Abner Sims |
| James Noel Cooper | Anthony Kruszyna | James Emerson Singletary |
| Doyle Dewitt Cordell | Arthur Franklin Krutsch | Thomas Edward Smallwood |
| Esteban Corrales* | Edward Nolan Kuck | Donald Lonnie Smith |
| Charles Frank Craig | Gregorio Ladrillono* | Talmadge A. Smithey |
| Harvey Burnham Crowder | Marshall John Laforet | Arthur Owen Snyder |
| Clemente Cuevas* | Earl Albert Lafrance | Morris Solomon |
| Floyd Damerville | Earl Walter Lang | Pedro Songco* |
| Emilio David* | William Arsene Laplante | Lewis Joseph Stalcup |
| Harvey Oliver Davis | Pedro Lauron* | Loren Elmer Stamp |
| John Earl Davis | Arthur William Lazcano | Ivan Max Stearmer |
| Robert M. Day | Allen William Lee | Warren Gerald Steigerwald |
| George Lexington Defibaugh | Jack Boggan Lee | Meyer Martin Steingart |
| Richard Alphonse Dennig | John Wilson Lee | Russell Clifton Stewart |
| Francis Henry "Fritz" Dennis | Clarence Albert Lehman | Ernest Orville Streeter |
| Richard Henry Deuitch | Ernest M. Lemoine | Ramon C. Taimanglo* |
| Wilson Herbert Devoss | Charles Joseph Lewis | Robert Earl Thompson |
| Fabio Dinero* | Theodore C. Lietz | Rodger Evart Tiefenbach |
| Peter Robert Doran, Jr. | Herbert Milton Linton | Herman Joseph Tihen |
| Jerry Howard Douglas | Loyd Vernon Lucky | George Phillip Trichler |
| Francis Marion Driver | Juan Lunas* | John J. Trimmer |
| Jearuld Jeston Drown | Harold Tenney Lundberg | Richard Enoch Tucker |
| Aubrey Claude Dunn | Jose R. Macario* | Joseph Lyle Turner |
| George Verl Edwards | Arthur Glenn Macbain | Thomas Turvey |
| Randall Stokes Edwards | Jack Julian Madison | Bennedict Anthony Vaitkus |
| Hans E. Ehlers | Philip Leland Mann | Bernard Lloyd Vice |
| William Thomas Ehrhart | Duke Richmond Manry | Placido Villacompa* |
| Armund Joseph Eichers | Henry Raymond Maples | Lorenzo Villaflor* |
| Victor C. Erwin | Norman Raymond Markwell | Dominador M. Villanueva* |
| Sotero Esguerra* | Seraphin R. Martinez* | Margarito Villarasa* |
| Milton Farkas | George Frank Mason | Robert Francis Vondette |
| Warren John Foley | Harvey Lee Massingill | Edward Thadeus Walaszek |
| Gordon Raphual Fontaine | Elvin Lawrence Maze | John David Waldrep |
| Claude Mahlon Fraleigh | John McCambridge | Lawrence James Walker |
| Uldarico D. Francia* | James Benjamin McCarthy | Raymond Edward Wall |
| Russell Edward Frazee | James Henry McCarthy | Robert Eugene Ward |
| Edward Elmer Freel | Donald Nesbit McCutcheon | Roy Levi Warren |
| Lawrence Irving Freeman | Donald Bruce McDougall | Francis Charles Waterloo |
| Clair Benton Frost | Mcdowell Basil McDowell | Royce Talmadge Webb |
| Lawrence Karl Frost | William Stewart McDowell | Warren Lamar Weekley |
| Robert Gregory Fry | William Gordon McDuffie | Sylvester Harold Welter |
| Augustin Raoul Gagnon | Joseph McElhenny | Virgil Charles Wemmer |
| Theodore John Galbavy | Darrell Eugene McGhee | Rankin Wallier Wheatly |
| Burton Conrad Galde | Albert Hazard McGinnis | Kenneth Raymond Wheeler |
| Thomas Oakley Gale | James Merrill McGrath | James Francis White |
| Nathan Andrew Gardner | Lee Anderson McNeece | James Frederick White |
| Frederick Garza | Alvin Lloyd McNeil | Leonard Vincent Whitney, Sr. |
| Richard Frank Gascoigne | Russell Orvill McQueen | Robert Archie Wilkes |
| James Harvey Gaul | Harry Othnal Meggins | Edwin Derby Williams |
| Joe Bailey Gear | Henry Hugh Merritt, Jr. | Carl Malone Wilson |
| Silvestre Germono* | Emerson George Metzcar | Willis Lee Wilson |
| Robert Emmet Gibbons | Donald Wayne Miller | James William Winkler |
| William Jonathan Gibson | Robert Louis Miller | Ira Luther "Luke" Wofford |
| John Lewis Glenn | Emerson John "Mike" Milliken | Yee D. Ying* |
| Robert Lee Golightly | Carlos Monzon* | Andres Ylagan* |
| Dominador Gomez* | Clemente Morada* | Robert William Younghivich |
| Henry William Goodall | Melvin Clyde Moritz | Stephan Yurchak |
| Martin Joseph Gorham | Stanley Mroz | Walter Edward Zergman |
| Walter Leroy Grant | Gerald Vincent Munson | Felix Stanley Zych |
| Harry Thomas Gray | Durward Alfred Naese | |
| John Douglas Gray | Louis Nash |
*Research is being conducted to determine the fate of these men.
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