USS Canopus

Three ships of the United States Navy have been named Canopus after a first magnitude star in the constellation Argo.


 * USS Canopus (AS-9) was launched in 1919 by the New York Shipbuilding Company as the Santa Leonora.


 * USS Canopus (AD-33) was a destroyer tender, but construction was canceled prior to launching.


 * USS Canopus (AS-34) was launched on 12 February 1965.