USS Canopus (AS-34)
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USS Canopus was a Simon Lake-class submarine tender of the United States Navy, operational from 1965 to 1994. The vessel was used to repair and refit submarine-launched Polaris nuclear-armed ballistic
USS Canopus (AS-34)
UGM-73 Poseidon
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The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket. It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 197
USS Canopus (AS-34)
…with them. The vessel primarily served US naval bases on the US Atlantic Coast and in Europe. In 1969, the ship was overhauled to maintain the new Poseidon Missile Systems. Taken out of service in 1995, the US Navy's intent to have the ship broken up for scrap in the United Kingdom was controversial. By 2010 demolition…
A Poseidon missile lifts off after being launched from the submerged USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) in May 1979
The Mark 3 Reentry Body (RB) that would contain the W68 warhead carried by Poseidon.
Mark 3 with objects for scale.
Poseidon missile on display at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park.