USS Cod

USS Cod
Pays	Usa
Rôle	sous-marin
Lancé	21 mars 1943
Hors service	15 décembre 1971

USS Cod (SS/AGSS/IXSS-224) est un sous-marin de classe Gato, le seul navire de l’United States Navy à porter le nom de la morue, nommée d’après le monde’s most important food fish of the North Atlantic and North Pacific. Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut on 21 July 1942. The submarine’Les cinq moteurs diesel ont été construits par General Motors’ Usine diesel de Cleveland située à l’ouest de Cleveland. Il a été lancé le 21 mars 1943 (parrainé par Mme G.M. Mahoney) et mis en service le 21 juin 1943 sous le commandement du commandant James C. Dempsey. Dempsey s’était déjà fait connaître en coulant le premier destroyer japonais perdu pendant la guerre alors qu’il commandait l’USS S-37, un minuscule sous-marin de la Première Guerre mondiale.

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General Characteristics and Role

The USS Cod (SS-224) is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, built during World War II. The Gato-class represented the first mass-produced fleet submarines designed for long-range patrols in the Pacific. The Cod conducted seven war patrols against Japanese forces, sinking 12 enemy vessels and earning seven battle stars. She is one of the most famous surviving US submarines, recognized for a unique action in July 1945 when her crew rescued 48 Dutch and Indonesian sailors and airmen from the grounded Dutch submarine O-19 in the South China Sea. Unable to transfer the large number of rescued men to a ship, the Cod successfully communicated with the O-19’s crew and, when the Dutch sub could not be freed, sank it with torpedoes before sailing to safety. The Cod is now a museum ship in Cleveland, Ohio.

Property	Typical Value (Gato-Class)
Rôle	Fleet Submarine (World War II)
National Origin	États-Unis
constructeur	Electric Boat Company (Groton, Connecticut)
commissionné	21 June 1943
Displacement (Surfaced)	1,526 long tons (1,550 t)
Displacement (Submerged)	2,424 long tons (2,463 t)
Length Overall	95.02 m (311 ft 9 in)
Beam	8.31 m (27 ft 3 in)
Test Depth	90 m (300 ft) (Later increased)
Crew	6 officers, 54 enlisted men

Powerplant and Performance

Powerplant (Surfaced): 4 x General Motors 16-278A V16 diesel engines driving four main electric generators.
Powerplant (Submerged): 4 x Electric motors driving two propeller shafts.
Shaft Horsepower: 5,400 shp (Surfaced); 2,740 shp (Submerged).
Maximum Speed: 20.25 knots (37.5 km/h) surfaced; 8.75 knots (16.2 km/h) submerged.
Endurance: 11,000 nautical miles at 10 knots surfaced.

Armament and Modern Status

Torpedo Tubes: 10 x 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 bow, 4 stern).
Torpedo Load: Up to 24 torpedoes (usually a mix of Mark 14 steam-driven and Mark 18 electric torpedoes).
Deck Guns (Original): 1 x 4-inch (102 mm) / 50 cal deck gun and various smaller anti-aircraft guns (.50 cal, 20 mm).
Post-War Status: Decommissioned in 1946 and later used as a reserve training ship. Fully decommissioned in 1971.
Museum Ship: The USS Cod has been docked in Cleveland, Ohio, since 1976 and is one of the best-preserved WWII submarines, still retaining its internal equipment largely intact.