USS Drum by Buffalo1
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I took this shot of the USS Drum (SS-228) from the superstructure of the USS Alabama in the 1990s prior to 1998. The Drum took damage from Hurricane Georges in '98 and it was decided to move her to a concrete cradle on the land next to the Alabama. She's still there today despite taking more damage from Huricane Katrina in 2005.
The Drum is the oldest surviving Gato class submarine from WWII. She made 13 war patrols and sank 15 Japanese ships and served as a lifeguard for downed aviators during the Pacific island campaign.
Comments (20)
Sea_Dog
Excellent shot of a war hero. Well done
papy2
Great shot
tennesseecowgirl
Great to see this, thanks for including the historic information.
texboy
Diesel Boats Forever!! good stuff, bud!
sandra46
EXCELLENT IMAGE!
flavia49
fantastic shot and POV!!
Richardphotos
outstanding shot.
erlandpil
Excellent shot erland
rainbows
She is a fine craft, Rodge. Excellent capture. Hugs. Diane. xx
debbielove
A fine shot, Rog of a tricky subject.. I have yet to post a Sub at all. lol Clobbered by two hurricanes.. Maybe they ought to move somewhere safer? Just a thought.. Great shot.. Rob.
bmac62
Hmmmmm, I was under the impression that all WWII US subs were named after fish. Was I wrong? There could be a Drum fish for all I know:) Like your background info on this embattled monument to all who served in the "Silent Service".
Buffalo1
Yes, Bill, there is a "drum" fish, and that's about all I know about fish!
Osper
Good shot from a rarely used point of view!
RodolfoCiminelli
Spectacular and fantastic photographic shot........!!!!!
wingnut55
that is one clean sub ! interesting pic, she seems surprisingly wide, at first glance i thought i was looking at a surface vessel.
HADCANCER
Nice picture
MagikUnicorn
AWESOME SHOT ;)
Alex_Antonov
Beautiful work!
ontar1
Love the pov, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
junge1
Nice capture and info. i think I had been on her. I know we were on the 'Alabama' in fa;; '92 when we took