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1922-1942 - U.S.S. CANOPUS Naval Token :

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1922-1942 - U.S.S. CANOPUS Naval Token :
WELFARE // 10 Br 23mm Cunningham Index - C1030 Curto -N101
U.S.S. CANOPUS 1922-1942 a 5102 ton passenger liner briefly used by the army as a troop transport in 1919 acquired by the navy in 1921 was converted to a submarine tender supported peacetime operations of Asiatic Fleet. In 1941 was attacked by Japanese while in Manila Bay, badly damaged ships parts were used to defend the Bataan peninsula - her boats were armed and became the "Mickey Mouse Battleships" attacking Japanese on the beaches. Finally in April 1942 order was given to destroy the Canopus where she lies at the bottom of Manila Bay.