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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Namesake | Drum, Fish |
| Ordered | 12 June 1940 |
| Builder | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine[1] |
| Laid down | 11 September 1940[1] |
| Launched | 12 May 1941[1] |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Thomas Holcomb |
| Commissioned | 1 November 1941[1] |
| Decommissioned | 16 February 1946[1] |
| Stricken | 30 June 1968[1] |
| Fate | Museum ship 14 April 1969 |
| Status | Museum ship at Mobile, Alabama[2] |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
| Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
| Draft | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum[2] |
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| Speed | |
| Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)[6] |
| Endurance | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) submerged,[6] 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth | 300 ft (91 m)[6] |
| Complement | 8 officers, 75 enlisted[6] |
| Armament |
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USS Drum (submarine) | |
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| Location | Mobile, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 30°40′52″N 88°1′0″W / 30.68111°N 88.01667°W |
| Built | 1941 |
| Architect | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
| NRHP reference No. | 86000086 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 14 January 1986[7] |
| Designated NHL | 14 January 1986[8] |
USS Drum (SS-228) 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 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.
- ^ a b c d e f Friedman, Norman (1995). U.S. Submarines Through 1945: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. pp. 285–304. ISBN 1-55750-263-3.
- ^ a b c d e f Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–273. ISBN 0-313-26202-0.
- ^ a b c d e Bauer, K. Jack; Roberts, Stephen S. (1991). Register of Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1775–1990: Major Combatants. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 271–280. ISBN 978-0-313-26202-9.
- ^ U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 261–263
- ^ a b c U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ a b c d e f U.S. Submarines Through 1945 pp. 305–311
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
- ^ "USS Drum (Submarine)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2007.