USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Herman F. Nascimento Oral History
Item
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
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Hygiene 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Recreation 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
- Accidents 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- sail 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
- Hazing 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Liberty 1
- Maintenance -- Preventive Maintenance 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- Swimming 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Maui (county) -- Maui (island) 1 ∧ less
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