USS Cod

USS *Cod*
	USS Cod (SS-224) underway off Block Island, Rhode Island in December 1951
History
United States
Name	USS Cod
Namesake	Cod
Ordered	9 September 1940
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	21 July 1942
Launched	21 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. G.M. Mahoney
Acquired	21 June 1943
Commissioned	21 June 1943
Decommissioned	21 June 1954
In service	21 March 1943
Out of service	15 December 1971
Reclassified	AGSS-224, 1 December 1962, IXSS-224, 30 June 1971
Stricken	15 December 1971
Honors &; awards	Seven battle stars for her successful World War II patrols
Status	Museum ship and memorial in Cleveland, Ohio since 1 May 1976
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced; 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged;
Length	312 ft (95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators; 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries; 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears; two propellers ; 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced; 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged;
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) surfaced; 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged;
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged; 75 days on patrol;
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 4 stern),; 1 × 4"/50 caliber gun (102 mm),; later 1 x 5"/25 caliber gun (127 mm),; 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikon cannon;
	USS Cod (Submarine)
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	USS Cod moored in Cleveland, Ohio's North Coast Harbor
Location	Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°30′36″N 81°41′30″W / 41.51005°N 81.69164°W
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1942
Built by	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Architectural style	Submarine
NRHP reference No.	86000088
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	14 January 1986
Designated NHL	14 January 1986

USS Cod (SS/AGSS/IXSS-224) is a Gato-class submarine, the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the cod, an important and very popular food fish of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. She was launched on 21 March 1943, and commissioned on 21 June 1943.

Cod is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a museum ship and memorial permanently moored in Cleveland, Ohio, and is open to visitors daily from May to November.

History
USS Cod (SS-224) underway off Block Island, Rhode Island in December 1951
United States
Name	USS Cod
Namesake	Cod
Ordered	9 September 1940
Builder	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down	21 July 1942
Launched	21 March 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. G.M. Mahoney
Acquired	21 June 1943
Commissioned	21 June 1943
Decommissioned	21 June 1954
In service	21 March 1943
Out of service	15 December 1971
Reclassified	AGSS-224, 1 December 1962, IXSS-224, 30 June 1971
Stricken	15 December 1971
Honors & awards	Seven battle stars for her successful World War II patrols
Status	Museum ship and memorial in Cleveland, Ohio since 1 May 1976
Badge
General characteristics
Class & type	Gato-class diesel-electric submarine
Displacement	1,525 long tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 long tons (2,463 t) submerged
Length	312 ft (95 m)
Beam	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Draft	17 ft (5.2 m) maximum
Propulsion	4 × General Motors Model 16-248 V16 Diesel engines driving electric generators 2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries 4 × high-speed General Electric electric motors with reduction gears two propellers 5,400 shp (4.0 MW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2.0 MW) submerged
Speed	21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	48 hours at 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged 75 days on patrol
Test depth	300 ft (90 m)
Complement	6 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 4 stern), 1 × 4"/50 caliber gun (102 mm), later 1 x 5"/25 caliber gun (127 mm), 40 mm Bofors and 20 mm Oerlikon cannon

USS Cod (Submarine)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

USS Cod moored in Cleveland, Ohio's North Coast Harbor
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Location	Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°30′36″N 81°41′30″W / 41.51005°N 81.69164°W / 41.51005; -81.69164
Area	Less than one acre
Built	1942
Built by	Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Architectural style	Submarine
NRHP reference No.	86000088
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	14 January 1986
Designated NHL	14 January 1986