Visitors to this proud ship use the same vertical ladders and hatches that were used by her crew. submarine that has not had stairways and doors cut into her pressure hull for public access. Department of the Interior designated Cod a National Historic Landmark.Today, Cod is one of the finest restored submarines on display and is the only U.S. Codbegan her career as a floating memorial in May of 1976 when she opened for public tours and quickly established herself as a popular tourist attraction. In January, 1976, the Navy gave guardianship of the submarine to the group. In 1971, no longer useful as a training ship, Cod was stricken from the register of Navy ships.A handful of Clevelanders formed the Cleveland Coordinating Committee to Save Cod, Inc., to preserve her as a memorial on the city's lakefront. The veteran submarine was an instant hit with school children who visited her on field trips. Lawrence Seaway to serve as a naval reserve training vessel in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1959 she was towed through the newly opened St. Mahoney, wife of a veteran shipyard employee, and was placed in commission on June 21, 1943, under the command of CDR James C. Cod was launched on Maunder the sponsorship of Mrs. The 312-ft, (95-m) 1,525-ton submarine began her life on Jwhen her keel was laid at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, Connecticut. Cod (SS 224), named after the world's most important food fish, is a World War II era GATO class fleet submarine.
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