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Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett
Account of the USS Canopus written by Capt. E. L. Sackett
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as to whether the value of her services in the time left to her would be worth the expected sacrifice was'all that remained to be decided. However, the Japanese had their own schedule, and the Canapus apparently was well down on the list of objectives. The main air fields had been, first, then came Cavite, with again that weird,: unreal feeling, because the splashes, fire, and smoke were only too evident a few miles away, while the detonations could not be heird,' It hardly seemed possible that those swarms of silver -winged insects so high'in the sky~could be responsible for"that holocaust across the bay.- Nov. at least our gunners had a chance to express their defiance by firing at the groups which passed overhead. Unfortunately, it was little more than1 a gesture "of difiance— for their guns; were too small ahd'aiicient to have a chance of reaching the bombers at the extremen altitudes they habitually us 3d* . s • ■'• There is a certain empty feeling which attacks the pit if the stomach with the realization-that the- order'"Commence Fir®ing1* will not be-the usual directive to see how much canvas arid wood dean-be demolished in*the shortest space' 6f time,:" but instead,1'an order-to blast as many-human beings as-.possible 'into;eternity, ?»heh the guns start barking, however, the feeling pases, and amy be achieved, ''A- man who has" been Wonder ng during the a-oroach of the endmy whether after all" he "may be a -coward, a-<- se-cretlj so oo- lot ng on a- hoidirig'placcl, forgets all "about his fears v I t kick of his gun, '"'arid becomes for the moment a'killer, Bonb,' damaged" ships straggled" but of Cavite Kavy Yard following the' attack, and* the - c ana pus repair force slaved night and day getting them ready" for sea, as well as equipping their regular brood of submarines far offensive patrols, Dailyalarms sent the Mpig-boats2 to safety on the bottom of Manila Bay, but as seen as the•maruading planes had left, the "Busittes'sas Usual" sign would be hung out* again. This sort of l^Lfe did not lack for excitement, but was far from being thfe peace and rest which submarine'crews must have to prepare them physically and mentally'for the strain bf their war patrols. There was every indication that conditions would get no better, and with the A"my falling Imck on Manila, : wprd cake that the city would soon be abondoned5to avoid complete destruction, Althou us was stille intact, the harbor could no longer be used for a Submarine base. The circle of bomfein'g attacks was 'drawing'tighter each day, ■' and on Christmas Eve our" headquarters' was' hit, and ;' spent bomb fragments landed ■on our- decks. During the1 night we got underway for what proved to be our last journey, and. steamed out of the Bay toward Corregidbr, with'great fires and'towering columns of smoke astern of us as evidence"-that the A my was scorching the earth as they prepared to withdraw into Batann ' We'were to set *up'^hop again in Mariveles Bay,- on the southern tip of Bataan pensinsula. Some of the submarins were still with us, but now we had no sburce^fr m which 3our supplies could be replenished, and it was obiious "that the best we could hope to do would be to equip this last group for war ■ patrol, and then "turn in our suits" as far'as submarines were concerned.
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A copy of the account of the exploits of the USS Canopus and her crew written by Capt. E. L. Sackett, USN and forwarded by the Navy Department to Steven J. Owens, father of Samuel Robert Owens. Samuel Robert Owens (1918-1995) was stationed at Cavite Naval Yard in the Philippines when the United States entered World War II. He was a member of the crew of the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9), which was actively involved in the defense of the Bataan peninsula until the fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The majority of the crew of USS Canopus, including Owens, were captured by the Japanese at Corregidor, and became prisoners of war. Owens remained a POW until the end of the war and received the Silver Star and Bronze Star for his service.
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