USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
David E. Bishop Oral History
Item
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
Item
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
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
Duane F. Heatwole Oral History
Item
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
Herman F. Nascimento Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 058
Scope and Contents
Herman Nascimento served aboard Growler from 1958 to 1961, as an engineman petty officer third class. Nascimento began his interview by providing a brief overview of his time in the Navy. He then explained his family history, discussed growing up in Hawaii, and recounted some of his memories of growing up in Hawaii during WWII. Nascimento next discussed his motivation for joining the Navy and volunteering for the submarine service. The interview then shifted toward submarine training...
Dates:
October 01, 2014
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
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- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 13
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 13
- Food 12
- Hygiene 12
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 11
- Growler -- sail 11
- Recreation 11
- Strategy -- Deterrence 10
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 10
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 9
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 9
- Growler -- control room and attack center 9
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 9
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 9
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 9
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 8
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 8
- Growler -- enlisted mess 8
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 8
- Accidents 7
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 7
- Growler -- crew's quarters 7
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 7
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 7
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 7
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 6
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 6
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- Recreation -- Games 6
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 5
- Growler -- wardroom 5
- Hazing 5
- Liberty 5
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 5
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 4
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
- Growler -- galley 4
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Navigation 4
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
- Executive Officer 3
- Growler -- engine room 3
- Growler -- engine room control booth 3
- Growler -- officer stateroom 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 3
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Commanding Officer 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Damage Control 2
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
- Growler -- radio room 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 1
- Bering Sea (sea) 1
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1 ∧ less
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