Cod Wars Cod Wars The Cod Wars (, "the cod wars", or "Landhelgisstríðin", "the wars for the territorial waters") were a series of confrontations between the United Kingdom and Iceland on fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each of the disputes ended with an Icelandic victory. The Third Cod War concluded in 1976, with a highly favourable agreement for Iceland; the United Kingdom conceded to a Icelandic exclusive fishery zone after threats that Iceland would withdraw from NATO, which would have forfeited NATO's access to most of the GIUK gap, a critical anti-submarine warfare during the Cold War. As a result, British
USS Cod use the same vertical ladders and hatches that were used by her crew. Cleveland can claim partial credit as "Cod"'s birthplace, since the submarine's five massive diesel engines were built at the General Motors Cleveland Diesel plant on Cleveland's west side. In addition, she also has unique attractions such as the 5 inch deck gun that still can be rotated by visitors and mock fired by "Cod"s volunteer crew. The "Cod" 's Mark IV Torpedo Data Computer is also fully restored, as well as other various parts on the submarine. The "Cod" memorial acquired two General Motors Model 248 engines