USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 8 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
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
Lance Nowland Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents
Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents
Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates:
July 2, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates:
March 14, 2017
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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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Growler -- control room and attack center 4
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- Hygiene 4
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 4
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
- Accidents 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 3
- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- enlisted mess 3
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Hazing 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
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- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Navigation 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
- Commanding Officer 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
- Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Sea Trials, November 1958 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
- Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- Sonar Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
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- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
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