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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 6 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

Lance Nowland Oral History

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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

Richard Lee Meyers Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates: July 2, 2014

Samuel Higa Oral History

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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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  • Subject: Growler -- crew's quarters X
  • Subject: United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) X

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Humor -- Practical Jokes 5
Growler -- control room and attack center 4
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
Growler -- enlisted mess 3
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Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 3
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
Recreation 3
Strategy -- Deterrence 3
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
Food 2
Growler -- engine room 2
Growler -- engine room control booth 2
Growler -- galley 2
Growler -- sail 2
Hazing 2
Hygiene 2
Liberty 2
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
Accidents 1
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Discipline 1
Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- wardroom 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
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Seaman, E-3 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Solano (county) -- Mare Island (island) -- Mare Island Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
United States (nation) -- Florida (state) -- Monroe (county) -- Florida Keys (island group) -- Key West (island) -- Key West (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Station Key West (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 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
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Ventilation -- Venting 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
Wounds And Injuries 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Bone Fractures 1
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