[ARC5] OT - USS COD Dry Dock pictures

[Bill KA8VIT]

Hi Craig,

This ?

https://ka8vit.com/drydock/vwa_pages/image15.htm

That is one of the two emergency buoys on the COD.

One located forward port side, and the other aft port side, (this is the one in the picture).

They has some 400 feet of cables that carry a telephone line, a radio antenna, and air line and such.

It the boat were so sink in not too deep of water, <400 feet or so, the hope was one or both of these could be deployed and maybe, hopefully, would aid in a rescue.

They were added between WW2 (post war) and her redeployment in the early 50's.

One of a small few post war changes or additions that were made to the COD after 1945.

Most all of the WW2 boats that were kept in service went through one of more GUPPY conversion upgrades where they had newer, better batteries installed, snorkels, upgraded optics, sonar and radar.

Since the COD had not gone through these upgrades, she more closely resembled the russsian diesel boats of the era and in the 50's she was used in anti-submarine warfare exercises were she was the hunted.

It was during one of these exercises she was able to get past carrier group defenses and close on a US aircraft carrier and fire a simulated torpedo which would have sunk" it.

73 - Bill KA8VIT/W8COD

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> On 07/26/2021 1:17 PM Craig via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Bill: In image #15, what's the big yellow cagework?
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> Craig
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> KF5JOT
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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
Chief Radio Operator
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD

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