USS Cod
Service
- as USS Cod21 June 1943 — 15 December 1971804 days of the war
- Name
- USS Cod
- Namesake
- Cod
- Builder
- Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
- Ordered
- 9 September 1940
- Laid down
- 21 July 1942
- Launched
- 21 March 1943
- Commissioned
- 21 June 1943
- Decommissioned
- 21 June 1954
- Struck
- 15 December 1971
- Fate
- Museum ship and memorial in Cleveland, Ohio since 1 May 1976 (1976)
- Status
- Preserved
Specifications
- Displacement, surfaced
- 1,525 long tons (1,549 t)
- Displacement, submerged
- 2,424 long tons (2,463 t)
- Length
- 95.1 m (312 ft)
- Beam
- 8.23 m (27 ft)
- Draught
- 5.18 m (17 ft)
- Speed
- 21 knots (38.9 km/h, 24.2 mph)
- Range
- 11,000 nmi (20,372 km)
- Complement
- 60
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Cod was a Gato-class submarine diesel-electric submarine, operated by the United States Navy. She was named for Cod. Her keel was laid at Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut on 21 July 1942. Launched on 21 March 1943, she entered service on 21 June 1943.
76 ships of the class were built. The class followed the Mackerel-class submarine and was succeeded by the Balao-class submarine.
The boat displaced 1,525 long tons surfaced and 2,424 long tons submerged. She measured 95.1 m (312 ft) long with a beam of 8.2 m (27 ft). Her designed speed was 21 knots, and she carried a complement of 60. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 804 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 21 June 1954. She was struck from the register on 15 December 1971.
She has been preserved on 1 May 1976.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- 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
- 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
Sister ships
- USS Albacore (SS-218)
- USS Amberjack (SS-219)
- USS Angler
- USS Barb (SS-220)
- USS Bashaw
- USS Blackfish
- USS Bluefish (SS-222)
- USS Bluegill
- USS Bonefish (SS-223)
- USS Bream
- USS Cavalla (SS-244)
- USS Cero (SS-225)
- USS Cobia
- USS Corvina
- USS Croaker
- USS Dace (SS-247)
- USS Darter (SS-227)
- USS Dorado (SS-248)
- USS Drum (SS-228)
- USS Finback (SS-230)
- USS Flasher (SS-249)
- USS Flier
- USS Flounder
- USS Flying Fish (SS-229)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Cod on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons