On Eternal Patrol - USS Canopus (AS-9)

USS Canopus (AS-9)

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.

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.

	Name	Photo
1	David Louis Aarhaus	Yes
2	Chester Lee Abrams	Needed
3	Harry Edward Adams*	Yes
4	William Fabian Allard	Yes
5	James Douglas Allen	Needed
6	Eugene Allan Ambro*	Yes
7	John Bertram Arnaud*	Yes
8	Benjamin Franklin Autrey*	Yes
9	Robert William Baer*	Yes
10	Paul Reginald Baggett	Needed
11	Vincent Leonard Bailey	Yes
12	Virgil Kenneth Baldwin	Yes
13	Charles Sherman Barker	Yes
14	Woods Richardson Barlow	Yes
15	Donald Patrick Barrett	Yes
16	Robert Leon Barrows	Yes
17	Joseph John Beisler	Yes
18	Theodore Stanley Berry	Needed
19	John Cunningham Brakey Biddle	Yes
20	Charles Acle Bishop*	Yes
21	Wilbur Burdett Blackburn	Needed
22	Dwaine Gale Bond	Yes
23	William Branchen, Jr.	Yes
24	Ralph Emory Brendlinger	Yes
25	Ralph John Brennan	Yes
26	Don Baily Bristow	Yes
27	Richard Cloyd Brittingham	Needed
28	Ellis Richard Brown	Needed
29	William Burns*	Yes
30	George Dwight Butler*	Yes
31	Walter Kohler Byers, Jr.	Needed
32	Jack Rudolph Byrd	Yes
33	Peter Caioly	Yes
34	Waid Bertram Calhoun*	Yes
35	John Nelson Cambron	Yes
36	John Judson Campbell	Needed
37	William Theodore Carpenter*	Needed
38	John Franklin Casey*	Needed
39	George Reece Chaney	Yes
40	Joseph Gordon Chenoweth	Yes
41	George John Chopchik	Yes
42	Roy Lee Clack*	Yes
43	Charles Porter Claffy	Yes
44	Vernon Floyd Clark	Yes
45	Alva Leroy Clary	Yes
46	Claude Dewitt Combs*	Yes
47	Alonzo Edger Cook, Jr.	Yes
48	Benjamin Franklin Coon*	Yes
49	Alva Roberts Cowan	Needed
50	Joseph Theodore Cox*	Yes
51	Leonard Crane	Yes
52	James Hollie Darling	Yes
53	Leonard Joseph Deck	Needed
54	Vernon Melvin Deck*	Yes
55	Victorino Deguzman	Needed
56	John Porter Derrington	Yes
57	George Dudley Edwards	Needed
58	John William Elliot	Yes
59	Feliciano Elvina	Needed
60	Edward Howard Engblom	Yes
61	Clarence DeVere Fairchild, Jr.	Yes
62	Henry Joseph Fisher, Jr.	Needed
63	Morris Alton Flagg	Needed
64	Clarence Stewart Foss*	Yes
65	Kenneth Carl France*	Yes
66	Orlan Elwin Fuller	Needed
67	Eugene Arthur Gammon*	Yes
68	William Burton Gay	Yes
69	Lawrence Junior Gibbs	Needed
70	Bill Edmond Gillespie	Needed
71	Jesse James Gilliam	Needed
72	Farrell Cyrus Girkin*	Needed
73	Robert James Gisner	Needed
74	Charles Francis Glover	Needed
75	Edgar Henry Goslin*	Needed
76	Joseph Anthony Granes	Yes
77	Dewitt Osborn Graves	Yes
78	Charles Ambrose Guyon	Needed
79	Alton Henry Hall	Yes
80	Joseph Ambrose Halpin	Yes
81	Dewey Lee Hardy	Yes
82	Roland Eugene Harrell	Yes
83	John Soloman Harris	Yes
84	Lamar Hugo Hartje	Yes
85	Jenness Peraly Haskell	Needed
86	Edward Warren Hastings	Yes
87	Bazil Muse Hatfield, Jr.	Yes
88	Maurice Charles Havey	Yes
89	Adolph Hede	Yes
90	William Louis Hershey*	Needed
91	Ross Eldon Hippler*	Yes
92	Allen Albert Hirst*	Yes
93	Kermit Ward Hodges	Yes
94	David Carroll Howard	Needed
95	Frederick Christopher Howell	Needed
96	Ernest John Hubal	Needed
97	Lawrence Thomas Hughes*	Yes
98	Edward Jennings Hutchison	Yes
99	Lester Dale Jackson	Yes
100	Howard Frank Jaquin	Yes
101	Donald Charles Jensen	Yes
102	Arthur Johnson	Needed
103	Harlan Wayne Johnson	Yes
104	Robert Edward Johnson	Needed
105	William Beecher Jones	Needed
106	Leo Benedict Kalamaja*	Yes
107	John Edward Kanae*	Yes
108	Harry Edwin Karwoski*	Needed
109	Harold Gene Kelley	Yes
110	Charles Raymond Kelly	Yes
111	Benjamin Franklin Kennedy	Yes
112	Murry Bryan Kimball	Needed
113	Horace Edward King	Yes
114	Kenneth Harold Kinney	Yes
115	Lloyd Elmer Klett, Jr.	Yes
116	Adam Jack Klupp*	Yes
117	Mark John Koep	Yes
118	Charles Herman Kramb, Jr.	Yes
119	David Lexton Latham*	Needed
120	Charles Frederick LeComte	Yes
121	George Waldon Lee*	Yes
122	Clifford Stanley Lesurf	Yes
123	Robert Simon Lewis	Yes
124	Edward James Lloyd	Yes
125	Otto James Lyon*	Needed
126	Donald Dale Mackey	Yes
127	Jose Malazo	Needed
128	Joseph Malysicwski	Needed
129	Kenneth James Matchett*	Needed
130	Jacob Mathis	Yes
131	Clyde Maxwell	Needed
132	Richard Henry Mayberry	Yes
133	Virgil Ford McClatchey*	Yes
134	Nicholas Joseph McCormack	Yes
135	Charles Francis McCoy	Needed
136	William Thomas McCranie*	Needed
137	Walter Rea McCuen*	Yes
138	Raymond Kermit McIntire	Needed
139	Francis Joseph McManus	Yes
140	Ferdinand Frank Meringolo	Yes
141	Darius Thomas Midgett	Yes
142	Walter Herschel Mitchell	Yes
143	Robert Bruce Monroe	Needed
144	Harold Martin Moore	Needed
145	Keith Noel Morrell	Yes
146	J. Earl Moulton	Needed
147	Anderson Mitchell Munn	Needed
148	Jack Kenneth Nash*	Yes
149	Bethel Veech Otter	Yes
150	Gilbert Ernest Palmer	Needed
151	William Harrison Patrick*	Yes
152	Woodrow David Patterson*	Yes
153	Loren Boyd Penter*	Needed
154	Paul Edward Perry	Yes
155	Herbert Laverne Phelps	Yes
156	George Hendrick Phifer	Yes
157	Clark Allen Philson*	Yes
158	Nicholas Frank Piacun	Yes
159	Arthur William Pinkham	Yes
160	Paul Webster Pinkham*	Yes
161	Justino Pletado	Needed
162	Luther Melvin Pliler*	Needed
163	Frank Jay Potter*	Yes
164	John Michael Powell*	Yes
165	Odeen Delano Powell*	Yes
166	Reese Powell	Needed
167	Ray Sherman Pryor	Needed
168	Howard William Purinton	Yes
169	Benjamin Nathan Rauch, Jr.*	Needed
170	Frederick Scott Ravin	Yes
171	Frank Anthony Re	Yes
172	Solomon Reeves	Needed
173	William Lloyd Reiter	Yes
174	William Henry Rex	Needed
175	Lloyd Houghten Schantz	Needed
176	Charles William Schnabel	Needed
177	William Theodore Schneider	Yes
178	Donald Allen Selvig	Yes
179	Robert Glenn Shove	Yes
180	Kenneth Woodrow Shumway*	Yes
181	Benjamin Ford Siegel	Yes
182	Ansel King Simpson	Yes
183	Percy Henry Simpson	Needed
184	Peter Smetana	Yes
185	Howard Bruce Smith*	Needed
186	Julio Forest Smith	Yes
187	Rudolph Paul Steck	Yes
188	George Edward Stires	Yes
189	Peter Paul Swinconos*	Yes
190	Forest Lee Taylor*	Needed
191	James Leon Taylor*	Yes
192	Linzia Coy Teem	Needed
193	Arthur Joseph Thumme	Yes
194	Charles Richard Tinker*	Yes
195	Paul Sanford Tulloch	Needed
196	Lawrence Franklin Tyree*	Needed
197	Guy Vance	Needed
198	Thomas Edwin Wall	Yes
199	Edward Clarence Webber*	Yes
200	Lynn Clayton Weeman	Yes
201	Leonard Michael Weis	Yes
202	John Lytle Welch	Yes
203	Manuel Owen Whitaker	Yes
204	William Douglas Wiley	Needed
205	Paul John Wilkens	Yes
206	William Wojtkielewicz*	Needed
207	Kenneth Charles Wood	Needed
208	Thaddeus Wresinski*	Yes
209	Robert Sanford Wright	Yes
210	Marion Richard Yeargin	Yes
211	Ralph William Young	Needed
212	Squire Boone Zane	Yes

*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).

John S. Harrington, previously listed on this page, was actually John Leroy Harrington. Records show that he survived the War in POW camp, was released, and returned home.

Records for George Phillip Trichler, who was previously listed on this page, show that he was not killed in the War, and was discharged from the Navy on July 23, 1943.

Research has shown that James Edward Carpenter and Frank King, who were previously listed on this page, were liberated form Prisoner of War camp, and survived the War.

We are presently researching William Henry Glass, Machinist, who may have joined the Canopus crew in 1941.

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