USS Growler (SSG-577)
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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
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- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Strategy -- Deterrence 2
- Accidents 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- sonar room 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
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Sea Trials, November 1958 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) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval 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) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Naval Air Station Barbers Point (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 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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