USN · SS

Cod

Afloat

Gato-class submarine, SS-224, the only U.S. Navy ship named for the cod. Electric Boat, Groton. Laid down 21 July 1942, launched 21 March 1943, commissioned 21 June 1943, Lieutenant Commander James C. Dempsey. Seven successful war patrols from Brisbane, Fremantle, and Apra Harbor. On 10 May 1944, west of Luzon, two of her stern torpedoes broke Karukaya in half and bow torpedoes sank Shohei Maru. The escorts depth-charged her. On 8 July 1945 she took 55 men off the grounded Dutch submarine O 19. Demolition charges, two of Cod's stern torpedoes, and 16 hits from her 5-inch gun destroyed the stranded boat. Not sunk. Decommissioned 22 June 1946. She is a museum ship in Cleveland, and her pressure hull was never cut open for visitors.

Class	Gato class
Type	Submarine (SS)
Hull	SS-224
Builder	Electric Boat, Groton
Launched	1943-03-21
Commissioned	1943-06-21
Fate	Afloat. Gato-class submarine. Not sunk. Seven war patrols, all rated successful, and seven battle stars. On 10 May 1944 she sank the destroyer Karukaya and the cargo ship Shohei Maru. On 8 July 1945 she took 55 men off the grounded Dutch submarine O 19. Demolition charges, two stern torpedoes, and 16 hits from the 5-inch gun destroyed that boat. Decommissioned into reserve on 22 June 1946. Struck 15 December 1971. A museum ship on Cleveland's Lake Erie waterfront since 1976. National Historic Landmark, 1986. Her pressure hull was not cut open for visitors.
Armament (class)	Fleet submarine. A deck gun forward of the conning tower.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Cod (SS-224) underway about 40 miles south of Block Island, December 1951. This is the same hull, after the war. U.S. Navy photograph, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

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