USS Drum (SSN-677)

USS Drum (SSN-677) entering port on 11 August 1984.
History
Name:	USS Drum (SSN-677)
Namesake:	The drum, also known as the croaker or hardhead, any of various fishes of the Sciaenidae family
Ordered:	15 March 1967
Builder:	Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California
Laid down:	20 August 1968
Launched:	23 May 1970
Sponsored by:	Mrs. William F. Bringle
Commissioned:	15 April 1972
Decommissioned:	30 October 1995
Struck:	30 October 1995
Motto:	Pride Runs Deep
Honors and awards:	Navy Unit Commendation 1975 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1976 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1979 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1984 Expeditionary Medal 1984 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1988–1989 Navy Unit Commendation 1989 Battle Efficiency Award (Battle "E") Fiscal year 1990 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1990–1991 Battle "E" Fiscal Year 1991 Meritorious Unit Commendation 1992
Status:	Scrapping via Ship and Submarine Recycling Program delayed; stored pending possible preservation
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Displacement:	3,978 long tons (4,042 t) light 4,270 long tons (4,339 t) full 292 long tons (297 t) dead
Length:	292 ft 3 in (89.08 m)
Beam:	31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
Draft:	28 ft 8 in (8.74 m)
Installed power:	15,000 shaft horsepower (11.2 megawatts)
Propulsion:	One S5W nuclear reactor, two steam turbines, one screw
Speed:	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) submerged
Test depth:	1,300 feet (396 meters)
Complement:	109 (14 officers, 95 enlisted men)
Armament:	4 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Drum (SSN-677), a Sturgeon class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the drum, also known as the croaker or hardhead, any of various fishes of the Sciaenidae family, capable of making a drumming noise and best known on the Atlantic coast of North America.

The contract to build Drum was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 15 March 1967, and her keel was laid down there on 20 August 1968. She was launched on 23 May 1970, sponsored by Mrs. William F. Bringle, wife of Vice Admiral William F. Bringle, commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, and commissioned on 15 April 1972 with Commander James L. Willis in command. Drum was the last US naval vessel newly built in a naval shipyard.

After commissioning, Drum conducted initial testing in Puget Sound before arriving at her home port of San Diego, California, on 22 May 1972. Drum then commenced six months of operational tests and fleet training exercises in Puget Sound, the Hawaiian Islands, and off San Diego to become a unit of the United States Pacific Fleet Submarine Force. After completing these tests and exercises, Drum returned to Mare Island Naval Shipyard in November 1972 for a one month of post-shakedown testing.