CANOPUS entering Able Shipyard,

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

 

 

Shipmate

Tour Division/Shop Passed On More Info
  Don 'Sweetpea' Appleby PH3 1965-1967 RS Division Photo Lab Feb. 12, 2008 photo & obit

  Robert A. Berst

    April 4, 2007 obit
  Richard David Blair TM3 1965-1967   July 7, 1998  
  Captain Walter Brooks 1972-1974 Commanding Officer Dec. 28, 2004  
  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    
  Vincent 'Vinny' Cucuzza LI3 1966-1968 RS Division Print Shop April 28, 2004 obit & pics

  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  
  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 G. Foley        
  Gerald R. Fuller HTCM 1965-1968 DC Division December 2005  

  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

  William D. 'Bill' Hahn RM

1971
  April 24, 2007 obit
  Carl C. Hallowell TM2
1967-1971
  Jan. 8, 1987 photo
  CDR E. Chipman Higgins  1965-1968 Supply Division Officer July 25, 2004 obit
  George Hutchins FT
1965-1966
  2005  
  Walter Laskey HTCM (DV)
1965-1968
Diving Locker
March 2004  
  LT Frank A. Lukens early '70   June 1994  
  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  
  Richard R. Morin     January 2007  
  Millard O. Pellom SKC
1967-1970
  June 20, 2001  
  Neil Perdue SF1
1965-1968
RS Division Repair Library
  pic
  CDR Marvin Scoggins (Marvelous Marv)
1965-1967
Executive Officer
  pic
  W. Farrell 'Scotty' Scott HTFN 1970-1974 DC Shipfitters Shop Mar. 11 2002  
  Samuel W. Shelton     May 2002  
  Joe Steele     Nov. 2006  
  Frank Gordon Travis PH1
1969-197x
Photo Lab
Feb. 28, 1995  

  David Wheelock IM

1965
R-2 Division
April 9, 2007 obit
  Stephen Workman ET1

1967-1972

1975-1979

W-5 Division - Navigation
1996 son's email

Holy Lock 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.

Click here for more info on the fire:


 Sadly and regretable, send any additions to Richard Retin. 
 If available, include the infomation above and the Internet link to their obit.

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