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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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Th© Canopus w&s seaworthy again in a few days, although much ammunition had keen lost by flooding the magazines, and several store rooms were badly messed up by the explosion* This ©loud, however, had a silver lining for our Supply Officer, Meutenan* "Ous* Johnson, who found his o fie© wreeked and his accounts burned, giving him a h©aven»s©K* ehane© to put an end to all his laborious a counting system for th© duration* Frem that time on, our supply System was beautifully simple* Hhat w© had, w© ©ould us© without th© usual red tap©, and if samsth ng was lacking, nothing ©ould b© don© about it ©xo©p% to improvise a substitute or do without* There was nothing for th© men to spend their mon«y on, so there were no more pay days !©• osmb, tad ptgor canteen supplies were fre© as long as they lasted* All clothing becars© ©uamunity property, to be doled out to whatever' unfortunate should appear in th© most nearly naleed condition. This Utopian stat© inevitably led to much ©loser relations among th© crew and officers* and 'welded us all into a great family, wcrking and fighting in a Gasman cause, with only one atwto do' our da ©dost to lick th© Japs* Curiously enough, the boys who had been th© worst troublemakers in tl e of peace became our most shining lights in wartime* Perhaps they hod just too much restless energy for their own. good when things wimp© normal, but this smm© quality <%atbl«A them to perform prodigies when th© ships were down* Ordinary methods of discipline of course failed, sine© th© men got no lib©rty ©r pay anyhow, and what normally would b©> extra duty was how only as th© spirit of th© community would telera e no shirkers, and "th®, men themselves saw to it that no on© was ©relict in his duty* Ihen t he last of the submaines, carrying "th© Commodcr© arid his staff to a new Southern has©, ©M bulled out j st before th© K©w Year opened, w© wer© left with something of the f»©ling of a mother when the lasi of her child*' ren has grown up and loft th© has© fires, to battle the world alone* Nothing would see more usueless than a submarine tender with no submarines to look out for, but we w©r© soon to find that thore -were ©rpahas aplenty to b© adopted, There w©r© many small*8avy ships which were also stra/.ded by th© tide of war ebbing toward the south* Th©s« ne«d«d o nstarift repairs as well as additional ©quipraent for th© task ahead of them The work also got around to all Army and Air Force Units, of th© well equipped shops which ©ould and did accomplish miracles of improvisation, and these groups were not slow in making full use of ell facilities* Again th® mem of the Canopus c-uld and did accomplish miracles of Improvisation, and these gr ups were not slow in making full use of ail"fa©iliti©s» Again th© men of th© Caopus ©ould 'feel jsfcat they had a ^ajor share 3m th© 'new ®issien»to hold Bataan* . f ojo*s war birds, however, still wanted to have something to say as to . whether the Canopus would stay -im service. Our. first bombing'tott mad© it apparent that the ship was not exactly a safe spot to while away the daylight hours, so th® policy was* doptod to scattering as many of the crew as possible ashor©, to sleep as best they could during the day, and return on board for work all night* Volunteers were called for to man the anti-aircraft guns during th© danger period, with such repsonss that practically no changes resulted in th© regular gun crews* With the Suunery Officer, Lieutenant "Red*Otter in
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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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