Here you will find a listing of the different ways you can help the Drum. As with any museum, help can come in many forms such as money, equipment, or time.

• Visit USS Drum (SS-228)
  • This one is simple if you live close enough. Just schedule a day to pay a visit to Battleship Memorial Park. Bring your family, bring your friends. Visitors keep the Park running!
• Tell others about USS Drum (SS-228)
  • After your visit the Park, share your experience with your friends. Share any photos you took at the Park. Perhaps others will decide to check out the USS Drum based on what you show and tell them. You'd be surprised how many of your peers would be interested in the Drum submarine if they only knew she existed!
• Volunteer
  • Volunteer your time or services. There are many needs, big and small, that any willing volunteer could fulfill. They are always looking for knowledgable submarine veterans to help give tours. At this time there is no organized "crew" that conducts work weekends, but it is an idea to work towards! For more information on volunteering, please contact Lesley Waters or email Tom Bowser at:
    
  
• Purchase an engraved brick that will be placed at Battleship Memorial Park
  • The Mobile Bay Base USSVI is selling engraved bricks for a memorial walkway at Battleship Memorial Park. They are $30 per brick. Visit the Mobile Bay Base USSVI website and click on the "Signal Ejector newsletter" link to learn more. All funds in excess of those necessary to obtain and install the donor brick walkway will be used for restoration and maintenance of the USS Drum.
• Make a monetary donation
  • The Mobile Bay Base USSVI and the Lockwood Internet Base USSVI are both accepting monetary donations for maintenance and restoration of the USS Drum. This money is dispersed to and used by Tom Bowser and Lesley Waters for whatever they need to maintain and restore the submarine. This method of donating gets the money to where it's needed the quickest. All of what you give will be used for the Drum, not for anything else in the Park. Please consider making your donation through either of these USSVI bases.

    a) To give through Mobile Bay Base USSVI:

    Checks should be made payable to "Mobile Bay Base, USSVI" and make a notation that the check is for the "USS Drum Maintenance/Restoration Fund". Checks should be mailed to:

    Mobile Bay Base, USSVI
    Attn: USS Drum Maintenance/Restoration Fund
    5319 Hwy 90, #102
    PMB #322
    Mobile, AL  36619

    b) To give through Lockwood Internet Base USSVI:

    Checks should be made payable to "Lockwood Internet Base, USSVI" and make a notation that the check is for the "USS Drum". Checks should be mailed to:

    Lockwood Internet Base, USSVI
    c/o Robert J. Bowman
    6424 Lake Washington Blvd NE Apt. 23
    Kirkland, WA  98033-6891

• Make a REALLY BIG monetary donation
  • The United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI) Charitable Foundation was approved for tax exemption under Section 501 (C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code on December 5, 2000. Donations made to the USSVI Charitable Foundation are tax-deductible under Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code, subject to the limitations applicable to all charitable donations. This is the perfect way for associations, organizations, and corporations to donate to the Drum.
    
    For further information on how to give to the USS Drum via the USSVI Charitable Foundation, please visit the USSVI Charitable Foundation. All of the information on the Charitable Foundation Museum Submarine Fund can be found from that link. Donations can even be made online. Just make sure to note that you want your donation to go to the "USS Drum (SS-228)".