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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

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

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Accidents 2
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
Food 2
Growler -- sonar room 2
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
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Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Sonar 2
Sonar Equipment 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Damage 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- sail 1
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Liberty 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Medical Services -- First Aid 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Recreation 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 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) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
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