Interested in joining the USS Cod crew? Everyone is welcome to join the diverse crew that maintains, restores, and brings to life this amazing National Historic Landmark submarine. To find out how, contact: Paul Farace
Please address all correspondence to USS COD Submarine Memorial to the following business address:
5274 Townsend Rd.
Richfield, OH 44286
Please do not use any other address including the 1089 E 9th St., or North Marginal Rd. addresses! They no longer exist and are not recognized by the USPS.
The USS COD Submarine Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and is docked in Cleveland, Ohio.
TOUR AVAILABILITY
Cod is open every day of the week for self-guided tours from 10am-5pm. Last visitors go below at 4:30pm. Our admission prices are: $14 for adults, $12 seniors and veterans, $8 youths (grades K-12). Preschoolers and active duty in military uniform are admitted for free.
Saturday, July 30th We will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the loss of USS Grunion (SS216), the state of Ohio's Lost Boat of WWII, on Saturday, July 30th, at 2pm. The event will include a tolling of the ship's bell and flower casting for each crewman lost. When Grunion sank on this day in the Aleutians. The public is invited to participate.
School field trips to COD have been very popular and are encouraged as an educational and entertaining experience for area youngsters. Free parking and discounts from the already nominal admission fees are provided. To contact Cod's ticket booth, pleas call 440-832-9722, or use the e-mail address below to make arrangements for field trips. During our off-season our telephone is not answered, so please use e-mail to contact us.
Our group admission prices are: $12 for adults, $10 seniors and veterans, $7 youths (grades K-12). Preschoolers and active duty in military uniform are admitted for free.
COD is docked in Cleveland's North Coast Harbor, on North Marginal Rd., between E. 9th St., and Burke Lakefront Airport, about 1,000 feet east of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Use the East 9th St. exits of Interstates 71, 77, and the Memorial Shoreway. Look for USS COD signs to direct you to our site.
A Schematic Diagram of Cod's Torpedo Data Computer
has been added to the TDC Restoration page. Click here to see what makes this mechanical marvel "tick".
QuickTime Virtual Reality Tour:
QuickTime VR 3-D images of most of Cod's spaces are now
available on this site. Take this link to the QuickTime VR Tour.
If you you do not have the free QuickTime player it is available from Apple.
USS COD Documentary
Our friends at World of Warships, Naval Legends have produced a fantastic two-part documentary
on the USS Cod. It's a great overall look at Cod and her role in WWII submarine combat. Enjoy!
Other News
We recently acquired two GM Cleveland Model 248 engines
that had originally been used aboard another WW-II submarine, USS Stingray SS-186. The two engines will
be used for parts for the restoration of Cod's engines. These very large V-16,
1,600 HP diesel engines were originally built right here in Cleveland, Ohio -- the
last in 1943. Each engine, with its attached DC electrical generator, weighs about 43,000 pounds (21,000 kG). Here
is a photo showing one of these engines loaded aboard a transporter.
