USS Drum (SSN-677) [SEP] named after
USS Drum (SSN-677)
USS "Drum" (SSN-677), a 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.
Construction and commissioning.
The contract to build "Drum" was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 15 March 1967,
" (SSBN-727), as the Submarine Liaison Officer for Commander, Carrier Group THREE based at NAS Alameda deploying on the carriers USS Enterprise (CVN-65) and USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), as Executive Officer of USS Permit (SSN-594) and as the Commanding Officer of the nuclear submarines USS "Greenling" (SSN-614) (1992–94) and USS "Drum" (SSN-677) (1994–95). His only shore assignment was as the Executive Officer (ashore) at the Navy Program Management Office, Sunnyvale, California.