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Photo # NH 80134: Crew members relaxing topside on USS Canopus, circa 1933-1934

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USS Canopus (AS-9), 1922-1942 --
On Board Views and Ship's Boats


This page features all available views taken on board USS Canopus (AS-9), or which show boats from that ship.

For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Canopus (AS-9), 1922-1942. Originally USS Santa Leonora (ID # 4352-A), 1919-1919, and S.S. Santa Leonora (American Passenger Liner, 1919).


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    Photo #: NH 80134

    USS Canopus
    (AS-9)

    Crew members relaxing topside, circa 1933-1934, probably while the ship was at Tsingtao, China.

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 49KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80135

    USS Canopus
    (AS-9)

    Crew members working in one of the ship's motor launches, circa 1933-1934.

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 445 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80133

    USS Canopus
    (AS-9)

    Unidentified enlisted crew member on board the ship, circa 1933-1934.

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 58KB; 440 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80132

    USS Canopus
    (AS-9)

    Crew members sunbathing in the ship's after 5"/51 gun position, circa 1933-1934.

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, U.S. Air Force, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 78030

    USS Canopus
    (AS-9)

    One of the ship's motor launches about to come alongside the jetty in the inner harbor of Tsingtao, China, circa 1936.

    Courtesy of Chief Radioman W.R. Lucas, USN (Retired), 1973.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 80141

    USS S-39 (SS-144)


    Firing her 4"/50 deck gun during gunnery exercises in Philippine waters, circa 1933-1934. The motor launch in the foreground is from USS Canopus (AS-9).

    Courtesy of Captain G.K. Bishop, USAF, 1974.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 540 pixels

     


    For other images concerning this ship, see:

  • USS Canopus (AS-9), 1922-1942. Originally USS Santa Leonora (ID # 4352-A), 1919-1919, and S.S. Santa Leonora (American Passenger Liner, 1919).


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