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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

David E. Bishop Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 118
Scope and Contents David Bishop served on Growler as a torpedoman third class from December 1959 to September 1961. He began his interview by explaining his decision to join the Navy when he was seventeen years old. Bishop then noted boot camp in San Diego and submarine schools in San Francisco, stating that submarined schools taught you the basic systems aboard a submarine and that the actual operation of these systems occurred once you were on board a boat. As Bishop continued, he described his first day on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

Helen M. Mehl Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 138
Scope and Contents Helen M. Mehl married Lieutenant Wayne Mehl in 1961, and spent three years living in Hawaii during Wayne’s service aboard Growler. Mehl began her interview by discussing her childhood and her upbringing in a traditional Methodist family. She then stated that after graduating high school, she attended Stanford University to study art and art history. This was where she met Wayne Mehl, and she noted that by her senior year, they were engaged. Mehl then continued, stating that she moved to...
Dates: June 29, 2017

Jack Gabler Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates: August 23, 2017

James W. Day Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 130
Scope and Contents James Day served aboard Growler as a hospital corpsman from 1961 to 1963. He began his interview by discussing why he joined the Navy and providing a brief overview of his service. Day noted boot camp, hospital corps school in San Diego at the Balboa Naval Hospital, operating room technician school at Bethesda Maryland Naval Hospital, being stationed at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, and his time as an OR tech aboard the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Day also stated that he left...
Dates: May 24, 2017

Nancy E. Sloan Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 115
Scope and Contents Nancy Sloan married Dennis Sloan, who served aboard Growler as an officer from 1959 to 1960. She began her interview by explaining that she met Dennis through a blind date during a visit to the Naval Academy and noting the initial hesitation that her family expressed when she eventually married a “Navy guy.” Sloan then spoke about her introduction to life as a Navy wife, which occurred when Dennis was in submarine school. She also described her trip to Hawaii after Dennis was assigned to...
Dates: September 14, 2016

Robert L. Owens Oral History (First Interview)

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Identifier: OHP 059
Scope and Contents Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. Owens began his interview by stating where he was born and raised and discussing his service in WWII. Owens explained that after boot camp and electrical school, he rode Intrepid from Alameda to Pearl Harbor, where he served aboard the submarine tender USS Bushnell. He then went aboard the USS Tinosa and made seven war patrols. After providing additional...
Dates: October 1, 2014

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Families (Human) -- Family Members 11
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 9
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 8
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 7
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 6
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Hygiene 6
Recreation 6
Strategy -- Deterrence 6
Accidents 5
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
Food 5
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 5
Communications Technicians, CTs 4
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
Growler -- crew's quarters 3
Growler -- enlisted mess 3
Growler -- sail 3
Growler -- sonar room 3
Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
Recreation -- Games 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
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 3
Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
Executive Officer 2
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
Growler -- officer stateroom 2
Growler -- radio room 2
Growler -- toilet 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
Liberty 2
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
Security -- Information Security 2
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
Sonar 2
Sonar Equipment 2
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
Animals -- Vertebrates -- Mammals -- Primates -- Humans -- Youth -- Children 1
Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Commanding Officer 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage 1
Damage Control 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Discipline 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Growler -- washroom 1
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 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
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Medical Services -- First Aid 1
Morale -- Awards 1
Navigation 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Norway (nation) -- Vest-Agder (county) -- Kristiansand (inhabited place) 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
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