USS Cobia leaves Manitowoc for first time in almost 30 years 8 September 2025

In this July 2017 file photo, people board the USS Cobia in Manitowoc for self-guided tours with submarine veterans. Image courtesy of Josh Clark of the USA TODAY NETWORK – Wisconsin.

After nearly three decades docked along the Manitowoc River, the historic USS Cobia has left its home at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum for the first time since the 1990s. The vessel is being towed by two tugboats to a shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, where it will be cleaned, inspected and repainted in dry dock. The repairs are expected to take about six weeks, with the USS Cobia returning to its dock at the museum by mid-October.

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