USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Calvin Underwood Oral History
Item
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
Donald Bosetti Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents
Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Jack Gabler Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents
Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates:
August 23, 2017
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
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- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 5
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 5
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Food 4
- Growler -- control room and attack center 4
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 4
- Accidents 3
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
- Hygiene 3
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 3
- Recreation 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Hazing 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Recreation -- Games 2
- Sonar 2
- Strategy -- Deterrence 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Discipline 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Seaman, SN 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- Sonar Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 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
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1 ∧ less
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