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
Our official opening for dailly tours in the 2022 season, is Saturday, April 30th. Cod will be open every day of the week 10am to 5pm. Last visitors go below at 4:30pm.
During the pre-season, USS Cod is often available for self-guided tours, if weather and work projects below deck permit. To find out if tours are available on the day you would like to visit, call our duty office at 440-832-9722 close to the time you would like to visit.
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.
UPCOMING EVENTS for 2022
May
Monday, May 30, Memorial Day- commemoration aboard Cod. Various events beginning at 8 am.
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.
Come aboard and travel back in time to a place where survival depended upon silence, deep water, and well aimed torpedoes. USS Cod is where Cleveland honors its veterans!
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.
Note: The United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. has established a local chapter called Cod Base, USSVI. We are proud to support them in their mission, but the two groups are separate and independent organizations.