USS Drum [SS228] in Mobile, AL
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TKDenizen
N 30° 40.892 W 088° 01.039
16R E 402557 N 3394750
This submarine may look big on the outside, But its cozy on the inside.
Waymark Code: WM8Y46
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2010
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The DRUM refers to any of various fishes capable of making a drumming noise; best known, and named for a large sea bass off the North Atlantic Coast.
The USS DRUM (SS-228) was launched May 12, 1941 by Portsmouth Navy Yard, New Hampshire. She was commissioned November 1, 1941, CDR R.H. Rice in command.
http://www.ussalabama.com/uss_drum.php
She successfully completed several missions in the Pacific in WWII. Decommissioned in 1946, the sub was used by the Naval reserve for the next 21 years. It eventually came to Mobile in 1969 as part of the park.
Type of vessel: Submarine built in 1941.
Hours of use: From: 8:00 AM To: 6:00 AM
Admission? Cost?: under 6 free, 6 to 11 $6, 12 and up $12.
Date: 05/29/2010
Parking Coordinates: Not Listed
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