Editing USS Cod (section)

==Construction and commissioning==
''Cod''{{'s}} [[Keel laying|keel was laid down]] by the [[Electric Boat Company]] at [[Groton, Connecticut]], on 21 July 1942. The submarine's four main Cleveland Model 16-248 [[V16 engine|V16]] [[diesel engine]]s and one Cleveland Model 8-268 [[Auxiliary power unit|auxiliary diesel engine]] were built by [[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors]] [[Cleveland Diesel Engine Division]] on Cleveland's west side. She was [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 21 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. G.M. Mahoney, and [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 21 June 1943 with [[Commander (United States)|Commander]] [[James C. Dempsey]], USN in command. Commander Dempsey had already won fame by sinking the first Japanese [[destroyer]] lost in [[World War II]] while in command of the submarine {{USS|S-37|SS-142}}.