Since 12-13-01

The Drum (SS 228) is now pulled out of the
water for permanent display on land. Jim Rogers visited her on Dec 7 and took
these photos, to be viewed at the link here:
http://community.webshots.com/album/26983539KqBPPjmZzE
The old gal needs a considerable bit of work to overcome the years of sitting in
the mud at Battleship Park, Mobile, AL.
Patrick Householder - Issaquah, WA
Member, USSVI, NSL
Seattle Base Webpage:
http://www.geocities.com/ps-subvet/
Seattle Base Ship's Store:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/seattlesk/lst?.dir=/USSVI+Seattle+Storekeeper&.view=t
"No matter where you travel, when you meet a guy who's been...
There's an instant kind of friendship 'cause we're brothers of the 'phin."
author Robert Reed, G.W. Carver (SSBN-656)