USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Uel W. Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 113
Scope and Contents
Uel Smith served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1958 to 1960. Smith began his interview by discussing the first time he saw Growler and explaining how he came to serve aboard Growler. He then backtracked and stated that he joined the Navy with a group of friends from Missouri when he was 17 years old. Smith continued, noting that he attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, and sub school in New London, CT. He described the submarine specific training he received, such as exercises...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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- Subject: Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 X
- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training X
- Subject: United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) X
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- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Strategy -- Deterrence 2
- Accidents 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Food 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 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
- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 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
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Seaman, SN 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Norfolk (naval base) 1 ∧ less
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