Dempsey (Annapolis Class of 1931) in command. She was launched the following March and commissioned Jwith Lieutenant Commander James C. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut in July 1942. USS Cod was a Gato-class submarine, the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the cod, the world’s most important food fish and native to the waters of the North Atlantic and North Pacific. For starters, while touring the Cod you can peer through the “boat’s” periscope and hear first-hand the heart-stopping alarm to “man battle stations” or conduct an emergency dive! (Children under 6 years with paying adult, military in uniform, and wives and family of active duty submariners are admitted free.) Visiting the Cod is a “must-do” for those with even the slightest curiosity of what it was like to be a crew member of a WWII submarine. The “boat” is open 9-5 to the public for guided tours from May 1 to September 30 for a modest donation: Adults $10 Seniors and Veterans $9 Students K-12 $6. In her heyday, the Cod was a state-of-the-art submarine that played an integral part in helping to defeat the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII by sinking 23 enemy vessels, the symbols of which are painted on the sub’s conning tower. in Cleveland, Ohio, on the banks of historic Lake Erie, the USS Cod Memorial brings an up close, hands-on feel of our nation’s proud history and serves as a living tribute to those who bravely answered the call of duty when an unprovoked enemy attacked us without warning three generations ago.
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