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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

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

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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
Hazing 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
Recreation 3
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Strategy -- Deterrence 3
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
Food 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- crew's quarters 2
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Hygiene 2
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
Accidents 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 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
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Ventilation -- Venting 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Bone Fractures 1
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