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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Dennis Y. Sloan Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 114
Scope and Contents Dennis Y. Sloan served aboard Growler from 1959 to 1960, as a commissary officer and a torpedo officer. He began his interview with a summary of his service, from his time in the Naval Academy to his time on Growler. Sloan then discussed his life before the Navy, noting that his father was in the Air Force and that his family spent the war years in Iowa before moving to Arlington, VA. The conversation then returned to the Naval Academy, and Sloan stated that after graduating from the...
Dates: September 14, 2016

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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Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Hygiene 2
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Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 2
Recreation 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
Accidents 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Damage Control 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Growler -- washroom 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 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
Liberty 1
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Morale -- Awards 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 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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