A Tale of Two Submarines: USS Cod & Blenny

[@USSCod]

We have a surprise for our viewers that we’ll reveal next week so stay tuned! As always thanks for your support.

[@paulfarace9595]

My wife suggests that the "skull" was one crewman who didn’t get the antidote... 😮😢😂

[@jrmotorsports5532]

Thank you for continuing to pass along the history lessons.

[@JoshuaTootell]

I vaguely remember my last ship having an "Antidote locker" in the Corpsman's Office.

[@paulfarace9595]

But antodofor WHAT???😮😢😂

[@randyogburn2498]

I see i wasn't the only one to think the "antidote" might be tongue-in-cheek for something 90 proof.

[@paulfarace9595]

Not big enough to hold a fifth 😮😢😂

[@bigsarge2085]

Thanks for preserving Blenny's history!

[@mrkeiths48]

Great tribute to the Blenny. Your channel overall pays tribute to the great men of the Submarine Service during WW2. We at the LA/Pasadena base of the USSVI just lost one of our faithful members who served on a WW2 boat. Harold Staggs made nine war patrols on his boat. Rest your oars sailor, we have the watch.

[@JoshuaTootell]

Funny, I did go to Ocean City once, decades ago. I was just out of boot and in my "A" School in Virginia. A friend (and eventually wife, and eventually ex wife) and a mutual acquaintance (funny story) drove up there for a weekend. I don't remember anything except how salty the water was compared to the Pacific, and playing mini golf. Alcohol wasn't even involved!

[@crazyguy32100]

For forgetting the contents of the locker and ruining Paul's Chistmas surprised Evan was later beaten severely. Still a nice tribute video, a good reminder that every vessel needs friends, and shouldn't forget the ones that are gone.

[@anthonycordovano2438]

A tale of two boats, Cod and Blenny. Another tale of two boats is the Squalus (Sailfish) and Sculpin, SS192 & SS191. A TALE OF TWO SUBS by Jonathan J. McCullough tells the story of these two sisters in WWII. As for the Blenny being turned into a reef. It's a much better afterlife than being unceremoniously sliced and diced, as the nuke boats are/have been undergoing.

[@paulfarace9595]

Agree fully, better to be reefed than scrapped!

[@BB12659]

Paul, you've expanded our knowledge of submarines, not only am I one that looks forward to your posts, but throughout the last few segments you have shown us other sides of the fleet. Truly, a collection of not just the COD, but all vessels of W.W.II, the past (George Washington), and we await the future of the force.

[@USSCod]

Thank you for your support and kind words!

[@anthonyx916]

I noticed that in the clip of the actual sinking, there is some music playing. If I'm not mistaken, it's from the soundtrack of the movie "The Neverending Story".

[@johnslaughter5475]

When the subs were on aviator rescue duty, where did they put the men they rescued? Where did Cod put the Dutch men?

[@paulfarace9595]

Anywhere they could fit...

[@thekidfromcleveland3944]

Wait we had missiles??????? I need that story

[@cd21234]

I'm hoping we'll get the story of Cod's Lost Patrol.

[@paulfarace9595]

Look back this year at the episode on our Silent Service 1957 TV episode.

[@cd21234]

@@paulfarace9595 and I thought I had seen 'em all. Thanks.

[@chrismaverick9828]

Could the "Antidote Locker" be something of a cheeky labeling for the "Depth Charge Medicine" storage? The only other things I can think of would be for the storage of CO2 absorbent or anti-radiation pills (she WAS in the Cold War and could be exposed to radiation while surfaced).

[@paulfarace9595]

Your last suggestion is the only one that makes sense to me.

[@vvogt4252]

Awesome Video!

[@jeffsr8300]

Thank you so much, BTW looks like your using a new camera l. Great Job 👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@paulfarace9595]

Same camera we've used before... my beach segment was recorded on my phone, and the rest was our Sony.

[@jeffsr8300]

@@paulfarace9595 just seemed as though it was clearer

[@bluerebel01]

❤ Thanks as always for your videos, I look forward to them always.

[@jeffcowan-jt7jx]

I had. A Great time on the tour last week

[@paulfarace9595]

Glad to hear!❤

[@Russojap2]

This is getting a little scary. A few hours ago I was just wondering when a new Cod video was going to come out. Not the first time that has happened. 😮🤷😅 Great video! Greetings from East Tennessee. 🤠

[@paulfarace9595]

We try to upload every Wednesday afternoon ... 😅

[@thesunaside]

Where can I buy this sweater?

[@lexington476]

Can you do an episode on the mark 18 electric torpedo?

[@paulfarace9595]

In the planning stage!

[@Rancourt762]

I would hazard a guess that the antidote is atropine and 2pam chloride, nerve agent antidote. We seemed to be worried about that in the 80s

[@danielcoburn8635]

I was going to say the same thing. During the eighties, Chem warfare was a thing and atropine was the antidote for nerve agents.

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

I remember being trained on injecting atropine which is the antidote for nerve agent.

[@adotare9180]

Is it possible that Blenny got her name board when she was GUPPYed?

[@paulfarace9595]

Very likely!