[Milsurplus] USS COBIA SS-245

[J. Forster]

I believe the COBIA is the only sub with a working RADAR.

-John

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> 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]
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>>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
>>
>>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
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