Downtown in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Cod's 7-Ton Gun

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 25, 2024

1. Cod's 7-Ton Gun Marker

Inscription.
Cod carried several types of main deck guns during WW II. First a 4-inch diameter gun was mounted forward of the conning tower. Later this 7-ton gun firing 5-inch diameter shells replaced it on Cod and most other US subs. Unlike previous sub guns, this is a 'wet-mount gun,' meaning it did not have to be sealed and unsealed before and after diving. Its fixed (one piece) ammunition weighed 74 pounds, including a 35-pound shell. Eight men manned this gun.

Erected by USS Cod Memorial.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: War, World II • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is March 21, 1943.

Location. 41° 30.609′ N, 81° 41.494′ W. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Downtown. It can be reached from Marjorie Rosenbaum Plaza just north of North Marginal Road, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1201 North Marginal Road, Cleveland OH 44114, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Depthcharge damage to Cod's deck plates (a few steps from this marker); U.S.S. Cod (a few steps from this marker); USS Cod Pearl Harbor Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Mark 14 Torpedo (a

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few steps from this marker); Hanson Torpedo Truck (within shouting distance of this marker); Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd (approx. 0.2 miles away); Since 1775 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Moses Cleaveland (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cleveland.

Also see . . . USS Cod. Excerpt:

USS Cod (SS/AGSS/IXSS-224) is a Gato-class submarine, the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the cod, an important and very popular food fish of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. She was launched on 21 March 1943, and commissioned on 21 June 1943.

Cod is now a National Historic Landmark, preserved as a museum ship and memorial permanently moored in Cleveland, Ohio, and is open to visitors daily from May to November.

(Submitted on June 2, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan.)

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 25, 2024

2. Cod's 7-Ton Gun Marker

Cod's 7-Ton Gun image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J.T. Lambrou, May 25, 2024

3. Cod's 7-Ton Gun

Credits. This page was last revised on June 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. This page has been viewed 202 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 2, 2024, by J.T. Lambrou of New Boston, Michigan. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.