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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Donald Bosetti Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates: September 16, 2016

Herman F. Nascimento Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 058
Scope and Contents Herman Nascimento served aboard Growler from 1958 to 1961, as an engineman petty officer third class. Nascimento began his interview by providing a brief overview of his time in the Navy. He then explained his family history, discussed growing up in Hawaii, and recounted some of his memories of growing up in Hawaii during WWII. Nascimento next discussed his motivation for joining the Navy and volunteering for the submarine service. The interview then shifted toward submarine training...
Dates: October 01, 2014

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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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
Hygiene 3
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 3
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
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Accidents 2
Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
Food 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- engine room 2
Growler -- engine room control booth 2
Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Recreation 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Celebrations -- Holidays 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- enlisted mess 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sail 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Hazing 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Liberty 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Maintenance -- Preventive Maintenance 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Swimming 1
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Maui (county) -- Maui (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Wounds And Injuries 1
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