Good ship and worked my ass off, but had a good team; Wells, Clemmans, an Cap, also a good BTC McLaughlin. Kings Bay sucked nothing but bugs, snakes, swamp, and rent a cops - but Snorkels Bar was a great place. anyone remembers give me a yell.

I remember a lot of "fun" days aboard the can-of-p#@s!  lol  But the main thing I'll never forget is when I first arrived at the base and went to the ship.  I stoop at the bottom of the ladder, looked up and said "there's no way in @#$#@ Imma climb those stairs"!  I was very scared of heights and was about to turn and walk when one of the sailors came up to me, picked up one of my bags and said "let me help you up those stairs shipmate".  Believe me, he must have read my mind! hahahaha  But Kings Bay was a nice place to be.

There are many things I don't remember these days about my old Navy days because of a few strokes I have had in the last few years. But I do remember being on the Canopus twice, once from 71 until she was relieved and then again in Charleston in maybe 86 where she went to Cuba and then back to Scotland. I left in 89 and went to New Orleans and retired there in 91. I am living in New Orleans now and share a house with one of my brothers.

my first ship and will never forget it miss rota onboard for 6 yrs made a lot of good friends

Reported to CANOPUS August 1973 to be Personnel Officer/Admin Officer.  Great tour. Transferred to COMSUBRON FOURTEEN and stayed in Holy Loch and on HOLLAND until August 1976 when I transferred to COMSUBRON FIFTEEN in Apra Harbor Guam.  Made many friends (some enemies with additional duty as Legal Officer) while in Holy Loch.  Stumbled onto this WebSite reading the Special Edition of "Shift Colors" and the reunion listing.  Man, this is a WebSite - my compliments to the designers and the people who maintain it.  Have looked at pictures and read 6 pages of the comments.  Need to take a break.  People whose names readily come to mind - PNCM Don Massey, PN1 Dave Martineau, PNSN Ron Williams (LT Ret), PNSN Robillo (sp) (LCDR, SC, Ret), HT1 Watkins (Race Relations), HT2 Art Roglin (DAPA), PNSN Hennessey (sp), PNSN Norman (CA Hwy Patrol before he joined Navy), MAC Ben (Gentle Ben) Dacuba) Chief Master-at-Arms, EN1 Barbo (Asst CMAA) (saw him a couple years ago), CWO John STRUSINSKI, CO, Capt Walter Brooks, CO Capt Milton P. Alexich, XO CDR Robert D. Buzzard (Dec), I believe I could run this list forever.  Wish I could provide some pictures of Holy Loch but I never took a picture during my entire tour there, not even of the biggest book in the world (anyone remember it).  I like Ship's Reunions, attend three regularly.  Will try to get CANOPUS into my busy retired schedule.  Came to Millington, TN Jun 82 for two-year tour as XO PSA Memphis -retired here Apr 1992 as CDR after 35 years continuous active duty.  Been mowing grass and cutting firewood for 19 years now.  Anyone interested in swapping sea stories can contact me at dagllg@bigriver.net.  My snail mail address is in the White Pages.  May your swells be low and the wind always at your back.  David

Just returned from my first reunion in Buffalo.  My wife, who I met while serving on CANOPUS in Charleston, and I had a great time.  I saw people that I have not seen in 45 years and saw some old friends that I had not seen since I retired in 1988.  The real highlight of my trip was seeing and talking with Mrs. Ann Herrick and her son Greg.  I worked for her husband YN1 Herrick in the Captain's Office and learned everything I knew about the Yeoman rating during that time.  YN1 Herrick trained me to replace anyone in the office including himself, so as a YNSN I learned things that I would have never known without his leadership.  Because of my training under YN1 Herrick, I was able to go to my next shipboard assignment as a YN1 six years ofter leaving the CANOPUS as the leading Yeoman in the Ships Office.  I made YNC in that job because of the training I received from this fine leader.  I want Ann, Greg and his brothers to know that their husband and father was the key person in my career that resulted in me becoming one of the senior 20 or so enlisted people in the entire Navy at the time of my retirement.  He was a person that I will never forget and I consider it an honor to have known him and worked under his leadership.  God bless the Herrick family as I share their sorrow in the loss of this fine American.

I served on the Canopus as a Polaris missile technician from 1970-1972. This was one of the best 2 years in my life. I also played on the Canopus basketball team in the Scottish Amateur Basketball association. Some of the coolest guys I have ever met were also members of the USS Canopus crew. 

I was 1 of 2 Signalman aboard during this time. And the last SM ever aboard. Loved my job! I Decommissioned the Canopus and was responsible for decorating the ship with the rainbow display of flags. I met alot of great people/shipmates and learned from all. Thanks to them great experiences, I made CPO in 14 years and I retired last year. E-mail back if you remember me.. Facebook is good to see friends again! : )

It's less than a month from the reunion in Buffalo and our 2nd annual Canopus golf outing and I haven't heard from any of our golfers! What's up? I have made tentative plans to have the outing on Saturday the 10th at the Sheridan Park Golf Club in Tonawanda, NY. It's a par 71 course and from what I've seen it's a great course and should be perfect for our 2nd annual outing. The cost will be $50 for 18 holes with cart, That's a pretty good price. But, if we make our tee times after 2 p.m. it's only $25 with cart. So, what are we waiting for? I need to know when we want to golf. There is a one day requirement to get the tee times and that means if we want to golf on Friday I would have to make the tee times on Thursday. That's why I'm tentatively scheduling it for Saturday, because if I have to wait until everybody gets to the reunion I won't be able to get the tee times until Friday. I have a lot of great Canopus logo golf balls, tees and ball markers just waiting to be used by all our golfers, so let's go guys and gals, let me know that we will have a golf outing this year and call me ASAP at 715-252-8545.

Wow! A lot of memories scrolling through this guest book. I remember a few names but not all. Had a great time on board. Unfortunately, I blew my knees out while we were temporally at Norfolk in late 92? Discharged in 95 with a VA Disability. Work the Postal Service now in Mobile, Al. Anyone heard from DCC Larson, DCCS Lowery, DC1 Jones, DC1 Sharpe, or DC Geiger?