USS Drum

Local nameUSS Drum
LocationMobile, Alabama, United States

USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.

Drum was laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 12 May 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Beatrice M. Holcomb, wife of Major General Thomas Holcomb, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps. The boat was commissioned on 1 November 1941, with Commander Robert H. Rice in command.

Drum was the twelfth of the Gato class but was the first completed and the first to enter combat in World War II. She is the oldest of her class still in existence.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Drum_(SS-228)

Official Website https://www.drum228.org/

Address (Unnamed Road), 36602, United States

Coordinates 30°40'52.423" N -88°0'59.95" E

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