USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Calvin Underwood Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 117
Scope and Contents
Calvin Underwood served aboard Growler as a missile technician third class from 1962 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his decision to enlist in the Navy a week after graduating high school, explaining that the only jobs available to him in his hometown involved working in the cotton mill. Underwood then stated that he was sent to boot camp in San Diego and described what it was like to leave home for the first time. He also explained that he decided to apply for sub school while...
Dates:
September 16,2016
Jack Gabler Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents
Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates:
August 23, 2017
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents
Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates:
July 2, 2014
Samuel Higa Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents
Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 4
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 4
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 3
- Food 3
- Growler -- galley 3
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
- Sonar 3
- Strategy -- Deterrence 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- Accidents 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- crew's quarters 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Hazing 2
- Hygiene 2
- Liberty 2
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 2
- Recreation -- Games 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- Damage 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Recreation 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Solano (county) -- Mare Island (island) -- Mare Island Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Ventilation -- Venting 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Bone Fractures 1 ∧ less
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