USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Lance Nowland Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents
Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Samuel Higa Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents
Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Food 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
- Recreation 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- sail 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 1
- Liberty 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Solano (county) -- Mare Island (island) -- Mare Island Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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