2006-07-31 08:34:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Well till You mentioned it I had no idea one was there. Soe reasch however does find a answer to your question. The USS COD(ss-224) Served in the Pacific in WW2 and actually sank 12 enemy ships on 7 war patrols Her Diesel engines were Built in Cleveland by the GM Diesel plant on the West side.
Mothballed in 1946, Cod was recommissioned in 1951 to participate in NATO anti-submarine training exercises. Her Cold War voyages took Cod to St. John's Newfoundland, as well as ports in Cuba and South America. During LANTFLEX' 52 fleet exercise, Cod was credited with "sinking" a U.S. aircraft carrier.
Cod was decommissioned in 1954 and placed in reserve. In 1959 she was towed through the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway to serve as a naval reserve training vessel in Cleveland, Ohio. The veteran submarine was an instant hit with school children who visited her on field trips. 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. In January, 1976, the Navy gave guardianship of the submarine to the group. Cod began 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 1986, the U.S. Department of the Interior designated Cod a National Historic Landmark.
She is one of the few sub exhibits in the US, not on the coasts.
2006-07-31 09:46:18 · answer #1 · answered by lana_sands 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It protects us from the Canadiens...... No really it is just used as a museum now. There is one on the West Coast of Michigan and it is on land/ as in not in the water. The submarine is the USS Cod by the way.
2006-07-31 16:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by theheronhouse@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason there is one in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Science Center... I guess to learn about history of submarines, otherwise, it is not that practical of a place to have a sub. It would be like having a snowmobile in the Bahama's....
2006-07-31 15:40:07 · answer #3 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To defend lake erie coast from nazi invasion...it works....not many nazis there.
2006-07-31 15:58:15 · answer #4 · answered by RunningOnMT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong turn
2006-07-31 18:55:18 · answer #5 · answered by ssgtusmc3013 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋