Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company built 28 of the best built submarines in the U.S. Navy. However, the sub floating in the Manitowoc River for the last 54 years was not built here.
So, why is USS Cobia here and not a Manitowoc-built submarine?
After World War II, the U.S. had a surplus of boats in its “mothball” or reserve fleet. These vessels were sold to other countries, used as training vessels or scrapped…