CANOPUS entering Able Shipyard,

Teesside, UK on 27 November 2003 ending her final voyage.

 

 

Shipmate

Tour Division/Shop Passed On More Info
  Richard Retin PH2  1965-1967     RS Division Photo Lab Sept. 13, 2013
  Don 'Sweetpea' Appleby PH3 1965-1967 RS Division Photo Lab Feb. 12, 2008 photo & obit
  Bobby C. Baldy MM2 1965-1969 A Division O2N2 Plant Nov. 13, 2012 obit
  LCDR John Bannon 1968-1970 Repair Department Head Feb. 13, 1985 obit
  Captain John M. Barrett 1965-2009 Our first Commanding Officer Apr. 18, 2009 tribute page
  Edward T. Bartyzal CWO4 1976-1979 Division Officer Food Service Mar. 7, 2010 obit
  Robert 'Bob' Becker 1979-1983   Apr. 8, 2011 photo

  Robert A. Berst

    April 4, 2007 obit
  Richard David Blair TM3 1965-1967   July 7, 1998  
  Frank Braswell BMC 1965-1967 3rd Division Deck July 21, 2007  
  Captain Walter Brooks 1972-1974 Commanding Officer Dec. 28, 2004  
  CDR John H. Brownley 1969-19xx Executive Officer May 8, 2005 obit & bio
  Hudson Bullock 1965-1966 W-3 Division    
  LCDR Louis F. Bunte 1968-1970   Jan. 29, 2009 photo
  Charles O. Burlew 1968-1972   May 11, 2002  
  Jesse Cain EM1 1971-1973 R-3 Rubber and Plastic Shop June 5, 2003  
  John C. Carter ENC 1965-1968 A Division    
  Arthur R. Clingenpeel 1966   May 11, 2007 email & obit
  Charlie R. Cochrane DKCS 1972-1975 Supply Disbursing April 13, 2010 obit
  Joseph Continelli QMCS 1965-1968 Navigation June, 29, 2010 obit
  Rutilio P. Cordova Cpl 1965-1967 MarDet Aug. 29, 1967 obit
  John Crouse MMCM (SS) 1989-1992 R-10 LCPO/ASST NRO Sept. 4, 2010 obit
  Vincent 'Vinny' Cucuzza LI3 1966-1968 RS Division Print Shop April 28, 2004 obit & photos
  James Dawkins     Jan. 2, 2009 obit
  Richard Dennig 1941-1942 AS-9 Hero Mar. 1, 2012 tribute page
  Joe Dennison PN 1970-1973   Sep. 18, 2012 obit

  Gail L. Diamond TMC (SS)

1940 AS-9 Dec. 29, 2005  
  Troy A. Diesburg MM2 1983-1988 Repair Division Apr. 4, 2008 obit
  Robert Driscoll HTCM (MDV) 1966-1968 Diving Locker Nov. 13, 2003  
  Raymond Dean Dukes mid 60's   June 19, 2004  
  Robert L. Duke Jr.     Nov. 19, 2010 obit
  John David Eaton Sr. 1966-1967 Commanding Officer Sept. 23,2015 obit
  Michael Felicetti TMSN 1972-1973   Dec. 21, 2004  
  Charles M. Fischler ET1 (SS) 1981-1984 Weapons Department Oct. 26, 1991  
  Gary J. Fisk BM 1985-1989 Deck Division - Crane operator April 19, 1989 obit
  James E. Flynt, Jr. SK2 1965-1967 Supply Dept. "The Bat Cave" Aug. 31, 2002 photo
  CDR Ken Fox 1965-1969 Repair Department Head Dec. 30, 2008

obit &

guestbook

  Gerald R. Fuller HTCM 1965-1968 DC Division December 2005  
  Eulise O. Gentry 1939-1940 AS-9 June 20, 2009 photo
  William Goodlett GM2 1966-1969   April 18, 2010 obit
  Craig D. Goodwin 1968-1970 Sept. 9,2013

  Mike Gordon RM3

1965-1968 RS Division Print Shop Sept. 14, 2005 tribute page
  Captain Dwaine O. Griffith 1978-1980 Commanding Officer May 23, 1996 obit
  Joel E. Guthrie 1965-1968 MM3 Sept. 14, 2013

  William D. 'Bill' Hahn RM

1971
  April 24, 2007 obit
  Carl C. Hallowell TM2
1967-1971
  Jan. 8, 1987 photo
  Willian N. 'Bill' Harris DC1
1965
  2001  
  CDR E. Chipman Higgins  1965-1968 Supply Division Officer July 25, 2004 obit
  Robert 'Hoppy' Hopkins EN3
1967-1969
M Division
Aug. 31, 2012 obit
  George Hutchins FT
1965-1966
2005  
  Antonio 'Tony' Johnson SF1
1966-1969
R-1 Division Shipfitter Shop
Apr. 23, 2011 obit
  Carl W. 'Doc' Johnson HM2
1965-1967
H Medical
Apr. 28, 2011 obit
  William Teal 'WT' Jones
1967-1973
W-1 Division
Feb. 4, 1975  
  Frank Keefe SFM2
1966-1970
R-1 Division Shop 11
Jan. 14, 2009  
  James Cecil Keeling TMC
1965
Weapons
June 5, 2011 obit
  Frank L. Kelchner PM1
1965-1969
R-1 Carpentry Shop
May 7, 2011 obit
  Frank Kroyer EN1  
SS
Nov. 19, 2008 obit
  Otto Kruse MR2
early '70
  Oct. 25, 2008 obit
  LT Louis Peter LaDow     Jan. 18, 2010 obit
  Clinton Lathan MM1
1965-1967
R2 x38 Outside Repair Shop
Feb. 26, 2009 obit
  Walter Laskey HTCM (DV)
1965-1968
Diving Locker
March 2004  
  James Archer Lawhorn     Sept. 11, 2008 obit
  Alfred C. Lee ENC
1965-1970
A Division AC+R Shop
Nov. 14, 2012 obit
  Jerry L. Long ENC     Jan. 14, 2008  
  Larry Longwell BT2 1965-1970
B Division Engineering
Aug. 2, 2011 obit
  Capt. Joseph M Loughran USMC 1965-1966
CO Marine Detachment
May 2, 1968 obit
  LT Frank A. Lukens early '70   June 1994  
  Don Mahaffey SH2
1965-1967
S-3 Supply
May 20, 2011 obit
  Charles R. Martin MSCM
1965-1966
S-2 Supply
Sep. 22, 2010
obit
  James R. McGarvey ETC
1965-1968
  1978  
  CWO4 Henry 'Hugh' Merritt, Jr. (ret.)
1941-1942
Old Canopus AS-9
Feb. 1, 2008 obit
  James Milstead  1969-1974
Electrican
1985  
  CDR George E. Monasky  
Dental Officer
June 5, 2012 obit
  Richard R. Morin     January 2007  
  Sr. Chief Keith Norton 1984-1986 Deck 2nd Division Nov. 5, 2008  
  Walter 'Skip' Noyes BM2 1965-1969 Deck 2nd Division Oct. 24, 2009

obit &

guestbook

  Charles 'Chuck' H. O'Connor
1967-1969
A Division
Nov. 25, 2008 photo
  Nestor 'Nes' Papel DKCS
1978-1979
Supply Disbursing
Jan. 20, 2013 obit
  Angel Parris HM1 1980-82 Medical 1980s
  Ronald Lee Partridge
1965-1970
  May 9, 2012 obit
  Richard Peaslee RMC  
OC Division
Feb. 14, 2010 obit
  Millard O. Pellom SKC
1967-1970
  June 20, 2001  
  Neil Perdue SF1
1965-1968
RS Division Repair Library
  photo
  Tony 'Pizza' Pezzullo MM3 1966-1970
M Division
Feb. 10, 2013 obit
  Jeffery Reever IMSA 1977   Nov. 26, 1977 memorial
  Robert G. Rimert 1972-1975
Interior Communications
Mar. 10, 2011 obit
  Peter Schiavo CS1 1971-1973
Galley
Aug. 25, 2012 obit
  CDR Marvin Scoggins (Marvelous Marv)
1965-1967
Executive Officer
  photo
  W. Farrell 'Scotty' Scott HTFN 1970-1974 DC Shipfitters Shop Mar. 11 2002  
  Raymond 'Smitty' Smith
1969-1971
Engineering
Mar. 30, 2011 obit
  Samuel W. Shelton     May 2002  
  Gerald Stark RM3
1969-1971
OC Division
July 2008  
  Joe Steele     Nov. 2006  
  David S. Stewart QM1 1967-1970
Operations
July  21, 2011 obit
  Harvey M. Taylor     Oct. 5, 2009 obit
  Frank Gordon Travis PH1
1969-197x
Photo Lab
Feb. 28, 1995  
  Captain Harold J. Trueblood
1967-1969
Commanding Officer
Sept. 15, 1986  
  Marion M. Turner  
old Canopus AS-9
Feb. 28, 2011 obit

  David Wheelock IM

1965
R-2 Division
April 9, 2007 obit
  Sharon 'Joe' Vidrine BM1 (DV)
1967
Dive Locker
Aug. 7, 2009  
  Mike K. Wass MLC
1966-1972
  May 30, 2007  
  Amon Webber BM3
1977-1979
  Nov. 17, 2011 obit
  Stephen Workman ET1

1967-1972

1975-1979

W-5 Division - Navigation
1996 son's email
  LCDR Michael J. Zielinski
1986-1990
Weapons
July 24, 2009 obit
  CDR Joseph 'Joe' Zimmerman
1968-1969
Engineering Officer
Apr. 20, 2007 obit
  Ronald Slank  1965-1968          A Division, R-2 Division    May 22, 2014
  Robert "Bob" Nadeau ET3  1965-1968              Sept. 12, 2012
  David Lair                2018
  Gillian Benjamin DK1  1992-1994              2018
  Hosie Washington CMAA  1965-1966              2019 obit
  Leslie Weston EN                Feb 7,2018 obit
  Bobby Gene Crawford CPO  1965-1969              Nov. 12, 2019

Holy Loch Fire November 28, 1970

Let us not forget our shipmates that perished
on this tragic day:

Glen O. Wilfong Jr. BM3, 21, Mt. Sidney, Va.
Arthur C. Belt SA, 19, Atlanta, Ga.
Carl P. Thunderbird FR, 18, Chicago, Il.

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