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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski.

Drum (SSN-677)
Keel Laying - Launching

Radio Call Sign: November - Romeo - Papa - Victor

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Commissioning - Decommissioning

Sturgeon Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 20 August 1968, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Launched, 23 May 1970; Commissioned, USS Drum (SSN-677), 15 April 1972; Decommissioned and simultaneously struck from the Naval Register, 30 October 1995; Final Disposition, scheduled for disposal through the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA., 8 October 2001

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,640 t., Submerged: 4,640 t.; Length 292' 3"; Beam 31' 8"; Draft 28' 8"; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 25 kts; Depth limit 1,300'; Complement 108; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes amidships aft of bow, MK 48 Torpedoes, UUM-44A SUBROC, UGM-84A/C Harpoon, MK 57 deep water mines, MK 60 CAPTOR mines; Combat Sensors, Radar, BPS-14/15 surface search, Sonars, BQQ-5 multi-function bow mounted, BQR-7 passive in submarines with BQQ-2, BQS-12 active 7, TB-16 or TB-23 towed array, EW Systems, WLQ-4(V), WLR-4(V), WLR-9 ; Propulsion System, one S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one propeller, 15,000 shp.

Size	Image Description	Source
72k	Dated 20 Aug 1968, keel cover letter of Drum (SSN-677) The *Drum* was the 17th nuclear submarine built at the shipyard.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
76k	Dated 20 Aug 1968. RADM Nobert Frankenberger (Shipyard Commander Mare Island) authenticating keel of Drum (SSN-677).	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
92k	The keel plate of the Drum (SSN-677) seen after RADM N. Frankenberger authenticated the keel on 20 Aug 1968 at Mare Island. Note: At this time Mare Island and Hunters Point shipyards were under a single management team called San Francisco Bay Naval Shipyard.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
63k	The launching party of the Drum (SSN-677) showing from left to right Mr. Daniel Z. Henkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) principal speaker; Mrs. William F. Gringle, Sponsor; RADM N. Frankerberger, Shipyard Commander, 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo # 98299-5-70, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
65k	Drum (SSN-677) launching party from left to right VADM William F. Bringle, Commander Naval Air Pacific; Mrs. Peter Horne, Matron of Honor; Mr. Daniel Z. Henkin, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), principal speaker; Mrs. William F. Bringle, Sponsor; Mrs. N. Frankenberger; RADM N. Frankenberger; LT William M. Zondorak, Aide to RADM Frankenberger, 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo # 98315-5-70, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
123k	This photo appeared in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard newspaper the "Grapevine" on 5 Jun 1971. The picture shows Mrs. W. F. Bringle, Sponsor, christening the Drum (SSN-677) 23 May 1970. RADM N. Frankenberger, USN (Shipyard Commander) and Capt. J. H. Thornton, USN (Production Officer) look on.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
151k	The Drum (SSN-677) has just been christened and started to travel down the building ways at Mare Island on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
161k	The Drum (SSN-677) is at the end of the ways during her launching at Mare Island on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
117k	The Drum (SSN-677) is waterborne after her launching at Mare Island on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
161k	The Drum (SSN-677) is waterborne for the first time at Mare Island on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
168k	Drum (SSN-677) at the end of the ways at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo # 98309-5-70, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
221k	Drum (SSN-677) in mid channel after launching at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo # 98358-5-70courtesy of Darryl Baker.
146k	Tugs push the Drum (SSN-677) to her outfitting berth after launching at Mare Island on 23 May 1970.	U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
29k	Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Drum (SSN-677) 23 May 1970 and different types of ships built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.