The hull preservation and restoration work will take place in Erie, Pennsylvania at the Donjon Shipbuilding Company and is estimated to cost around $1 million. "We hate to leave our fans and supporters for even a day, much less six weeks in our busy season, but the 78-year-old sub needs some new steel at her water line and a new high-tech hull coating system furnished in partnership by another Cleveland institution, Sherwin-Williams Paint Company," Farace said. Normally, the USS Cod holds summer tours, but that will be put on hold for the next six to eight weeks as the maintenance is conducted. hopefully we will not be held in place by nearly 60 years of silt accumulation at our pier." "All Navy ships do this when they get underway. "When we take in the lines securing Cod to the pier, the flag will be taken down at our stern and flown from the submarine's battle gaff, or flag pole, located on the mast," said Cod's president Paul Farace.
USS Cod last departed out of Cleveland for drydocking in Lorain in 1963.Īs soon as the USS Cod is in the open channel during her departure on Sunday, the submarine will follow Navy traditions, including a signal from the recently restored horn to announce departure and firing a deck gun salute to the city of Cleveland. During its service, the USS Cod sank more than twelve enemy ships and was awarded seven battle stars before it officially arrived in Cleveland in July 1959.
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