[Milsurplus] Re; Chicago Museum U-505

[ka8vit at ka8vit.com]

Since there has been all this talk about the U-505, I thought I would take

a second to post a link to videos of the WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224.



A U.S. GATO Class Fleet Submarine that made seven successful war patrols

in the pacific against Japan.



http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ka8vit+cod



The USS COD is the finest WW2 submarine in existence.



Also, if any of you would like to sked with the boat, we operate from

the radio room most every weekend.



73 - Bill  KA8VIT




On August 24, 2012 at 1:09 PM Jack Sullivan <wa1tej at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I toured the U-505 back in the 1970s when it was attached to the main museum
> building. Big openings had been cut in the side at the front & rear so that
> you could walk through. It was an amazing exhibit, with the crew bunks still
> made up with red & white checkered sheets the same as the day it had been
> launched.
> 
> In 2004 a dedicated underground exhibit hall next to the Museum was
> constructed & the sub moved into it. There's a film on the web that shows the
> process, which must have cost them a fortune.
> 
> More recently I visited the Royal Navy Dockyards in Bermuda where there is a
> small exhibit to the U-505, which was stored there under guard there for the
> duration of WW2 so the Nazis wouldn't get wise to the fact that we had scored
> an amazing cryptographic intelligence coup when the sub was captured. Two (2)
> Enigma machines & associated code books were captured.
> 
> The U-505 is the biggest crowd attraction at the Museum & is a must-see when
> in Chicago.
>
> Jack
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Bill Chaikin, KA8VIT
USS COD Amateur Radio Club - W8COD
WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224 (NECO)

ka8vit at ka8vit.com
http://ka8vit.com
http://www.usscod.org
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