USS Canopus (AS-9)
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USS Canopus (ID-4352-A/AS-9) was a submarine tender in the United States Navy, named for the star Canopus.
USS Canopus (AS-9) off Shanghai, China, prior to World War II.
Canopus with all six members of Submarine Division 17 in Apra Harbor, Guam, October 1924
USS Canopus (AS-9) in 1932 with S-37; S-40; S-36; S-38; S-41; S-39 at Cavite
United States Asiatic Fleet
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The United States Asiatic Fleet was a fleet of the United States Navy during much of the first half of the 20th century. Before World War II, the fleet patrolled the Philippine Islands. Much of the fleet was destroyed by the Japanese by February 1942, after which it was dissolved, and the remnants incorporated into the naval component of the South West Pacific Area command, which eventually became the Seventh Fleet.
The then-flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, the heavy cruiser Houston, at Qingdao, China, on 4 July 1933. She flies the four-star pennant of the fleet's commander-in-chief, Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor and is dressed overall for Independence Day.
Admiral Frank B. Upham, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Asiatic Fleet (front row, center), and his staff officers, c. 1935