"Pride Runs Deep" USS Drum Web Page

Site Contents as of February 06, 2010

Tom Hylas Pict's 1974-75

Periscope Pictures - 1972-73

Drum History
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Drum Patches
Official Patch
WestPac 73
A Div WestPac 73
TM WestPac 73
WestPac 74-75
WestPac 79
WestPac 80-81
Nuke 80-81
WestPac 84
Deactivation 1995
Old Drum SS228

Scrapbook index
Many pictures sent in by shipmates

Crew List Update
551 Shipmates
Shipmates recently added:
LT Jim Mills
ET2(SS) Elwin Beall
STS1(SS) Terry Morgan
LTJG Bob Rogers
EMC(SS) John Maynes
MM3 Mark Ritchie
MM1(SS) John Longstreth
IC1(SS) Joel Royston
MM3(SS) Bobby Oliver
MM3(SS) Eddie Schlueter

Crewlist
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A Tribute to our Departed Shipmates

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Submarine Picture of the Week......

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PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 29, 2010) Lt. j.g. John Sines, left, damage control assistant, and Lt. Andres Aviles, navigation operation officer, scan the horizon through periscopes aboard the attack submarine USS Santa Fe (SSN 763) searching for contacts during a transit of the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo... by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ronald Gutridge/Released)

Submarine News......

New Hampshire's Hard Work Rewarded with Battle "E"
2/02/2010
GROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Commander Submarine Squadron (CSS) 4 presented the 2009 Battle Effectiveness, or Battle "E," award to Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) Jan. 29 aboard the boat at Naval Submarine Base New London.

Commander, Submarine Squadron 11 presents USS Asheville with DC Award
2/02/2010
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA – Commander, Submarine Squadron 11, Capt. Brett Genoble, presented USS Asheville (SSN 758), a Los-Angeles-class fast attack submarine, with the squadron's 2009 Damage Control Excellence Award Feb 2.

Navy confirms sunken sub in Balabac Strait is USS Flier
2/01/2010
PEARL HARBOR – Commander, Submarine Forces Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny announced today that a sunken vessel located in the Balabac Strait area of the Philippines is in fact the World War II submarine USS Flier (SS 250).

USS Topeka Earns 2009 Battle E Award
1/25/2010
NAVAL BASE POINT LOMA – Commander, Submarine Squadron 11, Capt. Brett Genoble, presented USS Topeka (SSN 754), a Los-Angeles-class fast attack submarine, with the prestigious 2009 Battle E Award Jan 25.

Submarine Los Angeles is decommissioned from active fleet

Los Angeles Times - Tony Perry - ‎9 hours ago‎

Lt. Matthew Strother, assistant weapons officer on the submarine Los Angeles, was among the crew members taking part in the decommissioning ceremonies at ...

Fightin' Mary Awarded Battle "E"
1/23/2010
Summary: KINGS BAY, Ga. (NNS) -- The Blue and Gold crews of USS Maryland (SSBN 738) were presented the Submarine Squadron Twenty 2009 Battle Efficiency award, or Battle "E," at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., Jan. 20.

USS Boise Welcomes New Commanding Officer
1/22/2010
Summary: NORFOLK, Va. (NNS) -- Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) held a change of command ceremony Jan. 22 at Naval Station Norfolk. Cmdr. Brian L. Sittlow relieved Cmdr. Paul S. Snodgrass as commanding officer

Welcome
My name is Rick Wetmore (former ET1 SS), and I served aboard the nuclear attack submarine, USS DRUM SSN-677 from 1970 to 1975. Since first publishing this web page in late 1997, I have received responses from quite a few ex-Drum sailors. Some have been kind enough to send me some material for this current up-date of the web page. I have included a Crew List so that former Drum crewmen can add their names and hopefully establish contact with old buddies.

Many thanks to those who made comments and suggestions regarding the contents of the Drum page. I still encourage any former shipmates and crew members of DRUM to comment or contribute to "our" web page. I would also be happy to hear from any submariner or others regarding the contents of this page.
Please respond to: Rick Wetmore (former ET1 SS)