USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Odette Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 111
Scope and Contents
Allen Odette served aboard Growler from August 1961 to December 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) second class. Odette began his interview by speaking about his decision to join the Navy. He noted that he first went into the reserves in Illinois before joining the regular Navy after moving to California. He also discussed his experiences in boot camp as well as his decision to apply for the submarine service after receiving a tour of a submarine from a friend of a...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
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
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
- Strategy -- Deterrence 3
- Accidents 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Food 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Hygiene 2
- Navigation 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Sea Trials, November 1958 1
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- Sonar Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 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) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Naval Air Station Barbers Point (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1 ∧ less
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