WWII Submarine USS Cobia - Wisconsin Maritime Museum

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This museum is located 10 minutes from my house and has a huge section dedicated to the WWII building of Submarines and other war ships in Manitowoc. It features the WWII GATO class submarine: USS Cobia(SS-245) I have a special place in my heart for these subs, my Grandfather machined torpedo tubes for the 28 subs built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc. Here's a link to the website: http://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/index.php

 

The museum:

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The USS Cobia:

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Stern

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WWII Crew and in the Pacific

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Forward Torpedo Room

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Control Room

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Radio Room

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Engine Room

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Another shot of the engine room

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Aft Torpedo

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More Control Room

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Historical Marker explaining the whole WWII thing

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Last One

[Teamski]

Great shots! I had a great time visiting there several years ago while visiting my family in Milwaukee where I was proudly born and raised. My mother's family lived in Two Rivers and my grandfather was an architect who worked with the submarine program. He went on one of the shakedown trips into the lake and was completely freaked out during one of the dives. Needless to say, it was his last foray under the waves, hehehehe.....

 

-Ski

[MattS]

This is one of the best preserved subs I have been aboard. You could almost imagine that if the coal-fired SS Badger was a Japanese transport, it would have made a juicy target.

[Redfin 1]

Plaques of the 28 boats built in the Mantiwoc , Wisconsin Shipyard mentioned previously . The USS REDFIN SSR 272 was the one I rode for three years 1958-1961 on a site SUBMARINES ALL on this Forum http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/195882-submarines-all/

I took several pictures on my tour of the USS Cobia SS 2451 in July of 2012 . If anyone is interested . I will post them here .

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Plaque 1 of boats built in the Mantiwoc , Wisconsin Shipyard .

 

 

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Plaque 2 of boats built in The Mantiwoc , Wisconsin Shipyard

[MWalsh]

Since the Cobia is being brought up again, I will link my 2009 thread on it here:

 

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/38227-the-ww2-submarine-uss-cobia/?hl=cobia

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Can anyone tell me how one can become a volunteer on the Cobia?

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Another Submarine built in this same shipyard is featured in this Forum on the " Submarines All" http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/195882-submarines-all/

 

[355fg]

I've toured several WW2 subs and I think the Cobia is the best preserved of them all. It's definately worth seeing when you're in Wisconsin.

 

Keith

[1944]

Hi Scott,

Excellent Photos there from inside and Out-Side of the USS COBIA

Very Nice indeed and Thanks for Sharing them with us.

 

- Tomás