USS Cod in Donjon Shipyard, Erie Pennsylvania.

For those who are curious about Galvanic Corrosion and Sacrificial Anodes: Galvanic corrosion is when the iron in the steel of the submarine forms a battery with a different kind of metal. Brass for example, when near steel underwater, will form a galvanic connection through the water to draw electrons from the iron to the brass*. By drawing electrons away, the steel becomes susceptible to rusting with oxygen in the water. This accelerates rusting of the steel. The sacrificial anodes mentioned in the video are made of metals that react more easily than the iron in the steel. By the sacrificial anodes reacting more easily, the electron flow from the steel is slowed down, because the electrons come from the anode more easily. Unfortunately, the sacrificial anodes attached to the submarine were made of zinc, which is a good anode in salt water. Since the submarine was a fresh water, different metals should have been used than zinc (he mentions aluminum and another metal).

I was on Cleveland 2 years ago and was headed to the Rock & Roll HoF when I saw the Cod, I went there instead. Spent about 2 hours on the old girl, loved every minute! Thank for keeping her alive.

My neighbor, CPT Charles Podorian USN Ret. was an officer on the Cod during WWII. When the Cod found the Dutch Sub, Oboe 19, stuck on a reef east of Viet Nam towards the end of the war, they transferred the Dutch crew to the Cod when efforts to pull Oboe 19 off the reef failed. Lt Podorian and a chief went back to the Dutch sub to rig it for explosive destruction. Lt and the chief also found a large stash of hard liquor which the both heavily "sampled". This might explain why when they returned to the Cod to detonate the sub, total fizzle out. The Cod then shelled the Oboe 19. It is still stuck, nose high, on the reef today. Cpt Podorian passed away around April, 2007 while I was in Tikrit Iraq. When I returned to Honolulu, 6/07, we all paddles out on surf boards and spread Cpt Podorian's ashes at Brown's Reef, Kahala Hawaii.

It’s good to see the Love and attention giving to this old girl. This is our history, this is the home of the brave sailor, it gave all she had, now it’s time to Restore her to original condition. Long live Cod… a piece of our American history.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍👍👍👍

i live in erie. this thing caused quite a commotion when people found out it was coming here. very cool to see this thing in my city

We live South of Cleveland and the "collision" was the talk of the town for a few days. So awesome to see this piece of History being preserved for future generations.

i am a retired marine of over 26yrs, a little over 2 of those years i did guard duty on a navy battle ship then on 2 different subs, on one sub we were under water over 4 months, i was so glad to see the sun and after that i have nothing but respect for all our service members of the silent service

This video brings back many memories. Right after graduating from high school in 1964, I became an apprentice Shipwright at the Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco (later renamed S.F. bay Naval Shipyard). As an apprentice part of my training was at the submarine bay. There were three dry docks there for subs where the shipwrights would put up staging (scaffolding) all along the sides of the boats so repairs and painting could be done. I then moved on to the Dock Shipwrights where I learned how to make the blocks the ships would sit on and lay them out in the dry dock. I spent Four years there as an apprentice. As soon as I got my journeyman papers, I got my draft notice and spent three years in the Army. I never went back to the shipyard as it was closed shortly thereafter.

Take good care of her. This boot is a treasure chest full of human stories witch deserves that future generations learn about history and traditions of the US NAVY Submarine Service. USS COD is one on my list of things that I wish to see ,touch and learn about . Maybe one day....

In Pittsburgh, we have the USS Requin, a WWII submarine, and after numerous tours I am still AMAZED at how these things were built, virtually every inch inside is accounted for. The draftsman who drew up these ships-FANTASTIC JOB!!!

Wouldnt dream of negative comments for a vessel that served the country and did superb service. Thank you for all you are doing to preserve the past :)

Welcome to Erie,PA. This is so cool to see WW2 Submarine in Erie. Can't wait to see it all fixed up before it leaves.

She's a beautiful boat. Looking at my USS Cod coffee cup with fond memories of my tour of the boat several years ago.

Its amazing, having worked on so many of them myself how these hastily built ships and subs from WWII have stayed strong all these years later. Thanks for keeping shipshape.

I also toured this fine lady, what a vessel. I am glad she us getting some much needed TLC. Thanks guys for what you do...

Thank you guys for helping to save this beautiful lady.

Very neat to see! Glad she’s being repaired and preserved, looking forward to being able to tour once she’s back in the water.

Wow thankyou for showing us the pride of cleveland getting much needed work. Thanks for your work maintaining her while she is moored. Love the COD!

I visited this boat as a Cub Scout back in the 1960’s.

I just finished sandblasting and painting the bottom 4' of this sub the metal is very thin in some places