Let's take a tour of the USS Drum.
As we make our way fore, we pass the ship's bell.
Continuing to the bow, we look back and see the sub's sail.
Looks like there is a place we can enter the sub. Let's go!
Climbing down the ladder well, we find the forward torpedo room.
Looks like Seaman Smuchatelli is still down here working. He looks pretty good for having been working for the last 65 years.
This guy is kind of stiff and not very friendly, so lets continue aft of the torpedo room.
We next come across a shower.
How odd.
Next we have officer quarters and the wardroom. The wardroom is where the officers of the ship have their meals.
The wardroom was on the port side of the ship.
Across the passageway was the officer quarters. They included two rooms which held two officers. She would carry a compliment of six officers.
There are two bunks in this room.
Aft of the officer quarters was the Skipper's quarter.
It appears the only different is that the captain has his own rack.
Continuing back, we find the Chief quarters, which consisted of five racks for the chief's of the boat. Chiefs, E-7 through E-9 in the Navy, serve as Non-Commissioned Officers.
Next we find the crew's mess, where they ate.
Note the game boards built into the table. I'm sure these worked real well when the sub was rolling in a storm!
Next we find enlisted quarter's. The ship would carry 54 enlisted personnel.
Next we have the control room.
These would be used to control the speed of the ship.
Next we have the engine room. The sub could run at 21 knots on the surface, or 9 knots when submerged.
Finally, we reach the stern of the ship and find the rear torpedo tubes.
We also find a ladder well to get us out of here. Let's take it above.
We made it back top side!
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