U.S.S. Cod : SS 204 : Cleveland, OH
N 41° 30.584 W 081° 41.512
17T E 442263 N 4595575
The Submarine is open for visitors every day of the week from May 1 through the end of September. Last tour goes down into the ship at 4:30pm. Plenty of parking around.
Waymark Code: WM5RPV
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2009
Views: 10
Located just west of Burke Lakefront Airport. Access to the parking lot is off of Marginal Road.
In 1986, the U.S. Department of the Interior designated Cod a National Historic Landmark.
The Cod is named after the world's most important food fish. She's a World War II era GATO class fleet submarine. This 312-ft submarine began her life on July 21, 1942 when her keel was laid at the Electric Boat Co. in Groton, Connecticut. Launched on March 21, 1943 and was placed in commission on June 21, 1943.
She performed 7 war patrols and is credited with sinking more than 12 enemy vessels totalling more than 37,000 tons, and damaging another 36,000 tons of enemy shipping. All seven of her war patrols were considered successful and Cod was awarded seven battle stars. After the Japanese surrender she was mothballed in 1946.
She earned a distinction by performing the only international submarine-to-submarine rescue in history. On the morning of July 8, 1945 Cod arrived at Ladd Reef in the South China Sea to aid the Dutch Submarine O-19 which had grounded on the coral outcropping. The O-19 could not be freed so the crew was transferred to the Cod and the Dutch sub was scuttled. Both crews partied together back in Perth Australia to celebrate the rescue. Today, Cod's battleflag and conning tower both carry a cocktail glass above the name "O-19" to commemorate the rescue and the party.
Recommissioned in 1951 to participate in NATO anti-submarine training exercises. Was decommissioned in 1954 and placed in reserve. In 1959 she was towed through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway to serve as a naval reserve training vessel in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1971, no longer useful as a training ship, Cod was stricken from the register of Navy ships.
In 1976 she was given to a private group and in May of the same year she began her final career as a floating memorial. She is one of the finest restored submarines on display and is the only U.S. submarine that has not had stairways and doors cut into her pressure hull for public access. Visitors must use the same vertical ladders and hatches that were used by her crew.
Part of the Cod was built in Cleveland, her five massive diesel engines were built by General Motors' Cleveland Diesel plant on Cleveland's west side.
Type of vessel: Gato Class Submarine : Commissioned 6/21/43 : Decommissioned in 1971
Hours of use: From: 10:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
Admission? Cost?: 6
Date: 02/07/2009
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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