ON 26 APRIL COD WAS THREATENED BY A FIRE IN THE AFT TORPEDO ROOM, S1C A.G. JOHNSON WERE WASHED OVERBOARD WHILE FREEING THE TORPEDO ROOM HATCH.  JOHNSON WAS DROWNED DURING THE NIGHT, THE COD'S ONLY FATAL CASUALTY DURING THE WAR.

Navy and Marine Corps Medal Year Awarded 1945 Details behind Award: Navy and Marine Corps Medal Awarded for actions during World War II (Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Seaman First Class Andrew G. Johnson (NSN: 8121702), United States Navy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal (Posthumously) for heroic conduct in assisting in the rescue of a shipmate when the U.S.S. COD's after torpedo room caught fire on 26 April 1945.