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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

David E. Bishop Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 118
Scope and Contents David Bishop served on Growler as a torpedoman third class from December 1959 to September 1961. He began his interview by explaining his decision to join the Navy when he was seventeen years old. Bishop then noted boot camp in San Diego and submarine schools in San Francisco, stating that submarined schools taught you the basic systems aboard a submarine and that the actual operation of these systems occurred once you were on board a boat. As Bishop continued, he described his first day on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

Duane F. Heatwole Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 057
Scope and Contents Duane F. Heatwole served aboard Growler as a commissaryman petty officer second class from 1960 to 1964. Heatwole began his interview by discussing Growler’s galley. He also described how he acquired different types of food, how this food was loaded into the boat, and how the food was stored. Heatwole then discussed some of the meals that he prepared for the crew, including filet mignon, lobster, and crab legs from Alaska. He then continued, describing a process called snorkeling, which...
Dates: October 1, 2014

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Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
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United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
Accidents 1
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Celebrations -- Holidays 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 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
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Food 1
Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- toilet 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
Hygiene 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Recreation 1
Russia (nation) 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
Structures -- Buildings -- Churches 1
Torpedoman's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class, TM3 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
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United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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