USS Drum (SS-228)

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USS Drum in Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile

The USS Drum (SS-228) was a submarine of the United States Navy . It was built in the US Navy Yard Portsmouth, New Hampshire , named after a large grouper that was found off the North Atlantic coast. The USS Drum served in World War IIand completed 13 war missions, each lasting about two months. According to official information, she sank 15 Japanese ships; the crew complained 27. With this balance sheet, it ranks 8th among the submarines of the Second World War, measured by the sunk tonnage of enemy ships. After the Second World War, the USS Drum was decommissioned and used for training for submarine missions in 1947. In 1969 it was brought to Mobile, Alabama , where it still lies today and is part of the Battleship Memorial Park. The restoration was financed by various institutions and people, including a.

  • United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI)
  • Submarine Veterans of WWII
  • The Crew of the USS Drum
  • Donations from visitors

On January 14, 1986, the USS Drum was declared a National Historic Landmark and listed as a construction on the National Register of Historic Places .

History and technical data

  • Length 95 m
  • Max. Width 8.3 m
  • Operating depth 90 m
  • Max. Speed ​​20 knots (surface) 8.75 knots (underwater)
  • Displacement 2025–2080 tons (surface) 2424 tons (underwater)
  • Range 17,700 km at 10 knots on the surface
  • Underwater range 24 hours at 2 knots
  • Fuel capacity 357 m³
  • Crew 65 men and 7 officers
  • Launched May 12, 1941
  • Commissioned November 1, 1941
  • Retired February 16, 1946 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire
  • Training ship 1947–1967 in Washington DC
  • inactive fleet 1967–1969 in Norfolk
  • in Mobile Alabama May 18, 1969

Web links

Commons : USS Drum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ USS Drum in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed July 26, 2017
  2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Alabama. National Park Service , accessed July 19, 2019.

Coordinates: 30 ° 40 ′ 52 ″  N , 88 ° 1 ′ 0 ″  W.