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U.S.S. CANOPUS
(AS-34)READY TO SERVE
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The USS CANOPUS (AS-34), a Simon Lake-class submarine tender, was commissioned on 4 NOV 1965. USS CANOPUS served her country for 28 years, 11 months and 3 days, until decommissioned on 7 OCT 1994. After commissioning CANPOUS call Charleston, SC home and supported the US Submarines there for nine month before deploying to Rota, Spain. After spending nearly three years in Rota, CANOPUS steamed for Bremerton WA and overhaul, in April 1969. Her post overhaul assignment was Holy Loch, Scotland, where she tended the Cold War "Boomers" from May 70 to November 1975. The cycle repeated with CANOPUS undergoing overhaul in Charleston and then returning to Rota, Spain as the station tender from December 1976 to June 1976. She returned to Charleston and subsequently moved south to Kings Bay, GA to finish her career of "READY TO SERVE" the submarine fleet. CANOPUS decommissioned in October 1994. She was scrapped by ABLE UK, Hartlepool, England, in 2003.
The USS CANOPUS (AS-34) deployment history and significant events of her service career follow:
AS-34 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR | 1964 | - | Keel Date: 2 MAR 1964 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| FEB | 1965 | - | Launch Date: 12 FEB 1965 | ||
| NOV | 1965 | - | Commissioned: 4 NOV 1965 | ||
| JAN | 1966 | - | JAN | 1969 | Mediterranean |
| AUG | 1966 | - | APR | 1969 | Deployed Rota Spain |
| MAY | 1969 | - | JAN | 1970 | Regular Overhaul |
| FEB | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 20 FEB 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 FEB 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 29 FEB 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| FEB | 1970 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 FEB 1970 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1970 | - | NOV | 1975 | Deployed to Holy Loch Scotland |
| MAR | 1975 | - | JUL | 1977 | Dry dock GITMO Rota Spain |
| DEC | 1976 | - | JUN | 1979 | Deployed to Rota Spain |
| JUN | 1979 | - | JAN | 1980 | Change of homeport to Charleston SC |
| JAN | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | Regular Overhaul |
| MAR | 1985 | - | MAR | 1985 | REFTRA Guantanamo Bay Cuba |
| JUN | 1985 | - | OCT | 1994 | Change of Homeport to KINGS BAY GA |
| MAR | 1989 | - | JAN | 1990 | Dry Dock |
| OCT | 1994 | - | Decommissioned: 7 OCT 1994 | ||
AS-34 General Specifications
Class: Simon Lake-class submarine tender
Named for: Canopus
Complement: 1420 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 12686 tons
Length: 644 feet
Beam: 85 feet
Flank Speed: 20 knots
Final Disposition: Awaiting breakup at Able Shipyard Teesside UK