USS Cod Marks 75 Years

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  • The USS Cod is docked near downtown Cleveland, walking distance of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Great Lakes Science Center and the International Women's Air and Space Museum.

  • The floating museum for the USS Cod SS-224 World War II Fleet Submarine

  • Gauges Galore! Do you know what each gauge means and how to turn every valve? It's the only way to graduate from Submarine School. 

  • Suck it in, or you might not fit down this escape hatch! 

  • Commissioning Day, June 21, 1943. Group shot of the Cod crew, wives or girlfriends, the band that played at the party as well as some shipyard employees. Photo taken at Polly's Inn, a small party center near New London Connecticut, the site of most submarine commisioning parties for Electric Boat - subs. Photo courtesy of the USS Cod Submarine Memorial 

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