Just yards from the USS Alabama
is the USS Drum.
The submarine's logo.
The Drum is credited with sinking
15 ships, a total of 80,580 tons.
is the USS Drum.
Commissioned on November 1, 1941,
the USS Drum is 311 feet long &
27 feet wide with a crew of 7
officers & 65 enlisted men.
The submarine's logo.
The Drum is credited with sinking
15 ships, a total of 80,580 tons.
The Navigation Bridge
The Captain's Quarters
The hatchways are
small.
There are bunks in the
aisle of the submarine.
Every wall has dials
on it.
An open torpedo hatch,
on the left.
The USS Drum was decommissioned in 1946 and began service in 1947 at Washington DC for members of the Naval Reserve in the Potomac River Naval Command until 1967. Then the submarine was sent to the inactive Fleet in Norfolk, Virginia to 1969.
The USS Drum was donated to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission on April 14, 1969, and opened to the public on July 4, 1969. This is the oldest American submarine on display in the world.
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