USS Cod Combat Statistics
- Cod sailed 88,254 miles (142,031 km) during her seven patrol runs (exclusive of miles sailed to and from the USA).
- Cod burned 1,023,963 gallons of diesel fuel.
- Total patrol days were 415, with 108 of them submerged from dawn to dusk.
- During her seven WW-II war patrols Cod fired 122 torpedoes, recording 39 hits (32%).
- Her skippers claimed 10 ships sunk and 5 damaged by torpedo. This is the same average torpedo/ship sinking ratio as for all US subs during WW-II—that is, one ship sunk for every 12 torpedoes fired. In comparison, the German U-boats sank one ship for every four torpedoes fired.
- Cod was also credited with another five ships, 24 junks and 11 floating mines as "sunk by gun fire".
- Cod's deck guns fired 117 rounds of 4 inch 50-caliber; 117 rounds of 5 inch 25-caliber, 1,404 rounds of 40 mm, 200 rounds of 20 mm, and 1,450 rounds of .50-caliber machine gun ammo. Like most ships preserved from World War II, she has encountered problems with toxins such as lead and asbestos.
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