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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.
SSN-676 Billfish: SSN-677 Drum: The sail is currently on display at U.S. Navy Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois: SSN-678 Archerfish: SSN-679 Silversides: SSN-680 William H. Bates: SSN-681 Batfish: SSN-682 Tunny: SSN-683 Parche: SSN-684 Cavalla: Last U.S. Navy submarine to be named after a fish until USS Seawolf (SSN-21). SSN-685 ...
Two submarines of the United States Navy have been named USS Drum, after the fish known as drums. USS Drum (SS-228) was a Gato-class submarine, commissioned November 1941 and active throughout World War II. USS Drum (SSN-677) was a Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine in service from 1972 to 1995.
USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685) was a significant modification of the Sturgeon design for an experimental propulsion system, and so was a one-ship class. USS Narwhal (SSN-671) was also identified as such during her construction, but later was admitted to have been a unique design with very little in common with the Sturgeon class
USS Skipjack (SSN-585) 29 May 1956 USS Snook (SSN-592) 24 October 1961 First nuclear submarine class with teardrop hull form. USS Scorpion lost at sea 1968. Thresher/Permit: 14 USS Thresher (SSN-593) 28 May 1958 USS Gato (SSN-615) 25 January 1968 First class with bow sonar sphere. Known as Thresher class until the loss of the USS Thresher (SSN ...
USS Batfish (SSN-681) USS Bergall (SSN-667) ... USS Cavalla (SSN-684) D. USS Drum (SSN-677) F. USS Finback (SSN-670) USS Flying Fish (SSN-673) G. USS Grayling (SSN-646)
USS Dixon; USS Douglas; USS Drum (SSN-677) DSV-5 Nemo; E. USS Elmer Montgomery; MV Ever Queen of Asia; F. USS Fairfax County; USS Fanning (FF-1076) USS Flint (AE-32)
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with D, E and F. . For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy.