USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Odette Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 111
Scope and Contents
Allen Odette served aboard Growler from August 1961 to December 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) second class. Odette began his interview by speaking about his decision to join the Navy. He noted that he first went into the reserves in Illinois before joining the regular Navy after moving to California. He also discussed his experiences in boot camp as well as his decision to apply for the submarine service after receiving a tour of a submarine from a friend of a...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
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
Uel W. Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 113
Scope and Contents
Uel Smith served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1958 to 1960. Smith began his interview by discussing the first time he saw Growler and explaining how he came to serve aboard Growler. He then backtracked and stated that he joined the Navy with a group of friends from Missouri when he was 17 years old. Smith continued, noting that he attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, and sub school in New London, CT. He described the submarine specific training he received, such as exercises...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Liberty 2
- Recreation 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Food 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Seaman, SN 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval 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) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Naval Air Station Barbers Point (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Norfolk (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1 ∧ less
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