Editing USS Cod (section)

===Seventh patrol, May 1945 – June 1946 ===
[[File:Hr. Ms. O 19 op rif.jpg|thumb|left|[[HNLMS O 19|''O-19'']] stuck on [[Ladd Reef]]]]
After refitting at [[Guam]] between 29 May and 26 June 1945, ''Cod'' put out for the [[Gulf of Siam]] and the coast of [[Indo-China]] on her seventh war patrol. On 9 and 10 July she went to the rescue of a grounded [[Royal Netherlands Navy|Dutch]] submarine, [[HNLMS O 19|''O-19'']], taking its crew on board and destroying the Dutch submarine when it could not be gotten off the reef. This was the only international submarine-to-submarine rescue in history. After returning the Dutch sailors to [[U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay]], between 21 July and 1 August ''Cod'' made 20 gunfire attacks on the junks, motor sampans, and barges which were all that remained to supply the Japanese at [[Singapore]]. After inspecting each contact to rescue civilian crew, ''Cod'' sank it by gunfire and torpedoes, sending to the bottom a total of 23. On 1 August, an enemy plane [[Strafing|strafed]] ''Cod'', forcing her to dive, leaving one of her boarding parties behind. The men were rescued two days later by {{USS|Blenny|SS-324}}.

When ''Cod'' returned to Fremantle 13 August 1945, the crew of ''O-19'' was waiting to throw a party for their rescuers. During that celebration, the two crews learned of the Japanese surrender. To symbolize that moment, another symbol was added to ''Cod''{{'s}} battle flag: the name ''O-19'' under a [[martini glass]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farace |first1=Paul |title=A brief history of the U.S.S. COD |url=https://www.usscod.org/info.html |website=www.usscod.org |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Dutch Submarines: The submarine O 19 |url=https://www.dutchsubmarines.com/boats/boat_o19.htm |website=www.dutchsubmarines.com |access-date=17 March 2025}}</ref>

''Cod'' sailed for home on 31 August. Arriving at [[Naval Submarine Base New London]], on 3 November after a visit to [[Miami, Florida]], ''Cod'' sailed to the [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]] for a overhaul, returning to [[New London, Connecticut]] where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve 22 June 1946.