[Milsurplus] USS COBIA SS-245

[Thomas Adams]

Over here in Wisconsin we have the USS COBIA (SS-245) open for 
exhibit at Manitowoc.

During WW2 the Manitowoc shipyards produced a lot of Gato class 
submarines, but ironically
the COBIA wasn't one of them; if I remember correctly, this boat was 
a New London product.

She's moored in the Manitowoc River, next to the Maritime Museum.

http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/the-submarine-experience/uss-cobia/

It's been some years since I toured the COBIA, and at the time I was 
a bit less than impressed
by some of the efforts of the volunteer group that maintains her. 
They seem to apply the old
Navy boot camp dictum of "Salute everything that moves, and paint 
everything that doesn't".

That doesn't work too well when you get to the radio and SONAR 
rooms...  lots of Haze Gray
paint slopped over the radios!

Hopefully, they've seen the error of their ways and started cleaning 
things up...

Wisconsin has a rather colorful history re. submarines. Old Timers 
will still tell you about the
test dives in Lake Michigan, and then there's the legendary Captain 
who kept a Milwaukee
product on board; he kept a Harley Davidson stowed on the boat when 
he went on patrol, to
be set up for his use in faraway ports.

That motorcycle is still there...  his boat was sunk by Japanese 
forces. No known survivors.


Mr. T.  W9LBB





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>[ka8vit at ka8vit.com]
>Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 7:52 AM
>To: Jack Sullivan; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Re; Chicago Museum U-505
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>Since there has been all this talk about the U-505, I thought I would take
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>a second to post a link to videos of the WW2 Submarine USS COD SS-224.
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>A U.S. GATO Class Fleet Submarine that made seven successful war patrols
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>in the pacific against Japan.
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>http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ka8vit+cod
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>The USS COD is the finest WW2 submarine in existence.
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>Also, if any of you would like to sked with the boat, we operate from
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>the radio room most every weekend.
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>73 - Bill  KA8VIT
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