In 1970, the USS Cobia was turned into a memorial for submariners in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, a town known for the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, which built 28 submarines during World War II.
The USS Cobia submarine sank 13 ships and rescued seven downed American pilots during World War II. The US Navy submarine is open to the public for tours at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.
The USS Cobia submarine sank 13 ships and rescued seven downed American pilots during World War II. The US Navy submarine is open to the public for tours at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc.
At the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, you can descend a steep staircase into the USS Cobia, a US Navy submarine that sank 13 ships and earned four battle stars in World War II.
Longtime Lee resident Mary Schaefer Simmons received a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously, recognizing her time as a welder at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II.
has been remarkably well-preserved and painstakingly restored to offer visitors an authentic look into its World War II combat service. The USS Cobia sank 16,835 tons of shipping during the war ...