National Historic Landmark · attack submarine · Mobile, Alabama

Uss Drum (submarine)

Submarine of the United States in Mobile, Alabama. Added to the National Register in 1986, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1986
(SS-228) USS Drum Conning Tower 01(SS-228) USS Drum Conning Tower 02Momsen lungsSubmarine (7679463060)
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What it is

Wikipedia · USS Drum (SS-228)

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.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressBattleship Pkwy., Mobile, AL
CountyMobile County
ListedJan 14, 1986
Reference number86000086
Type of placeattack submarine, museum ship, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressBattleship Pkwy., Mobile, AL
Coordinates30.68067, -88.01663 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitGulf Islands National Seashore · 53 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 86000086. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.