DRUM AGSS 228

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Gato Class Submarine Keel Laid 11 September 1940 - Launched 12 May 1941 USS DRUM SS-228 Commissioned 1 November 1941 - Decommissioned 16 February 1946 DRUM SS-228 Placed In Service 18 March 1947 as Naval Reserve Training Vessel DRUM AGSS-228 Reclassified Auxiliary Research Submarine (AGSS) 1 December 1962 Placed Out of Service 1962 Struck from Naval Register June 30 1968 Sold 14 April 1969 to become a floating memorial at Mobile, AL.

Naval Covers

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1. USS Drum SS / AGSS-228 Covers Page 1    (1941)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT) "USS DRUM / KEEL LAID" USS Triton SS-201

1940-09-11

Keel Laying. Cachet by - Gow C. Ng

 

Locy Type FDPS 3 (A-BTT) "FIRST DAY / MAIL"

1941-11-15

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet artist - Gordon A. Shaw. Cachet sponsor - Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

Locy Type FDPS 9v

1941-11-15

First Day of Postal Service. Cachet by - Alton M. (Budd) Arrington

 

Locy Type FDPS 9x

1941-11-15

First Day of Postal Service.

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BTT)

1941-11-28

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USPS Pictorial Postmark

 

USPS Pictorial Postmark "THAMESPEX STATION" Waterford CT

2017-10-15

75th Anniversary of USS Drum Entering Combat in WWII. Cachet by Brian Baldwin, sponsored by the Thames Stamp Club

 

Other Information

USS DRUM earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 12 Battle Stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - Any of various fishes capable of making a drumming noise, best known on the Atlantic coast.

 

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