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USS Growler (SSG-577)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Calvin Underwood Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 117
Scope and Contents Calvin Underwood served aboard Growler as a missile technician third class from 1962 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his decision to enlist in the Navy a week after graduating high school, explaining that the only jobs available to him in his hometown involved working in the cotton mill. Underwood then stated that he was sent to boot camp in San Diego and described what it was like to leave home for the first time. He also explained that he decided to apply for sub school while...
Dates: September 16,2016

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

Dennis Y. Sloan Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 114
Scope and Contents Dennis Y. Sloan served aboard Growler from 1959 to 1960, as a commissary officer and a torpedo officer. He began his interview with a summary of his service, from his time in the Naval Academy to his time on Growler. Sloan then discussed his life before the Navy, noting that his father was in the Air Force and that his family spent the war years in Iowa before moving to Arlington, VA. The conversation then returned to the Naval Academy, and Sloan stated that after graduating from the...
Dates: September 14, 2016

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

James W. Day Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 130
Scope and Contents James Day served aboard Growler as a hospital corpsman from 1961 to 1963. He began his interview by discussing why he joined the Navy and providing a brief overview of his service. Day noted boot camp, hospital corps school in San Diego at the Balboa Naval Hospital, operating room technician school at Bethesda Maryland Naval Hospital, being stationed at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, and his time as an OR tech aboard the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Day also stated that he left...
Dates: May 24, 2017

John "Andy" Anderson Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 112
Scope and Contents John “Andy” Anderson served aboard Growler from August 1961 to May 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) third class and was the torpedo fire controlman aboard Growler. Anderson began his interview by stating that his father served aboard German submarines during World War I, which influenced his decision to join the Navy and serve aboard submarines. He then briefly discussed his childhood before explaining why he joined the Navy. Anderson continued, describing his...
Dates: September 14, 2016

Wayne J. Mehl Oral History

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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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Food 6
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
Families (Human) -- Family Members 5
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Accidents 4
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Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
Growler -- control room and attack center 4
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 4
Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
Recreation 4
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 4
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 4
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 4
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
Growler -- crew's quarters 3
Growler -- enlisted mess 3
Growler -- sail 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
Strategy -- Deterrence 3
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Damage Control 2
Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
Growler -- galley 2
Hazing 2
Liberty 2
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Recreation -- Games 2
Sonar 2
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Damage 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Food -- Cake 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Growler -- toilet 1
Growler -- washroom 1
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 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
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
Medical Services -- First Aid 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
Morale -- Awards 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
Structures -- Buildings -- Churches 1
Torpedoman's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class, TM3 1
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 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) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
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