Canopus (AS 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dedication It takes a lot of leadership to take charge of 1,000 men like Captain JohnM. Davis. The steel of a ship itself is hard enough to navigate safely and effectively with- out 1,000 different personalities to go along with the task. On the next page. Captain Davis is seem- ingly at peace — his hands in his pockets, a Scottish tartan on his head ... He is actually busier than a seaman on the main deck — except that Captain Davis is not handling lines, he ' s coming down the stretch of a very long cruise of 89 days and 10,000 miles. Why is CANOPUS known as one of the best ships in the Navy? Captain Davis would tell you it ' s because of the crew. The crew would say it was the Captain. The crew is correct, you know. CANOPUS and its crew is a portrait of its Cap- tain . . . Captain John M. Davis.

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