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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 3 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

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

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

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Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
Food 2
Growler -- enlisted mess 2
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
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Hygiene 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Recreation -- Games 2
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
Celebrations -- Holidays 1
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
Hazing 1
Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
Liberty 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
Medical Services -- First Aid 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Russia (nation) 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
Strategy -- Deterrence 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air 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) 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) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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