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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)

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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

Wayne J. Mehl Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates: June 29, 2017

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Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
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Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 3
Recreation 3
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
Accidents 2
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
Discipline 2
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
Executive Officer 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- officer stateroom 2
Growler -- sail 2
Growler -- wardroom 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Commanding Officer 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
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Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Hygiene 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
Liberty 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Navigation 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
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