sentences:  Upon the surrender of Bataan on the night of 8–9 April 1942, "Canopus" was ordered scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, to deny her use to the enemy.On 9 April, she was backed off into deep water under her own power and the crew scuttled the ship and abandoned ship.Of the "Canopus"' crew, 221 were evacuated to Corregidor on 28 February 1942 and served with the Marines' 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions on beach defenses.