The USS COD Submarine is open for visitors every day of the week from May 1 through the end of September. Our hours are 10am - 5pm Eastern time. (1000 - 1700)

School field trips to COD have been very popular and are encouraged as an educational and entertaining experience for area youngsters. We can accomodate groups of about 40 (or fewer) children and adult leaders. Free parking and substantial discounts from the already nominal admission fee are provided. Please call (216-566-8770) to make arrangements for field trips.

We are located on Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio at the western edge of Burke Lakefront Airport and about one block east of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Our Latitude/Longitude is: N 41° 30.6'/W 81° 41.5'

Admission fees are the only source of funding for this proud vessel, and they make possible the ongoing maintenance and restoration necessary to preserve the USS COD for future generations. The Cleveland Coordinating Committee for COD receives no funding from the U.S. Government nor from any other organization.

Admission charges are: Adults $5; Seniors $4; Students $3; Under 6 years, and military in uniform are admitted free. COD has limited free parking for our guests for the time of their visit to the boat. For those planning on visiting other area attractions we recommend parking at the airport parking lot just to the east of our parking lot.

Shore Exhibits:

WWII-era, twin-barrel 40 mm anti-aircraft gun once carried by a surface ship. Single-barrel versions of these guns are mounted on the forward and after decks of COD's bridge for use against surface targets and aircraft.

The Mark 14 steam-driven torpedo. This was the standard anti-ship weapon used by U.S. submarines during WWII. It could travel up to 9,000 yards and carried 600 pounds of explosives. However, the Mark 14 was plagued with severe technical problems for the first two years of the war, including exploder mechanisms that failed to detonate or detonated prematurely and a faulty depth control system that caused it to run too deep. It also left a trail of steam and exhaust gases that made this torpedo visible to its targets.

A five-bladed, 2,080-lb. bronze submarine propeller that is similar to the two four-bladed propellers used on COD.

A type 8A search periscope, removed from a 1950s-vintage submarine, provides visitors a sub skipper's view of the Port of Cleveland.