Skip to main content

USS Growler (SSG-577)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)

 Item
Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates: March 14, 2017

Filtered By

  • Subject: Communications Technicians, CTs X
  • Subject: Growler -- control room and attack center X

Additional filters:

Subject
Discipline 2
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
Food 2
Growler -- crew's quarters 2
∨ more
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Recreation 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Commanding Officer 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Executive Officer 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- officer stateroom 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sail 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Liberty 1
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Monroe (county) -- Florida Keys (island group) -- Key West (island) -- Key West (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Key West (air base) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
∧ less