USS Growler (SSG-577)
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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
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
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- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Food 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
- Growler -- engine room control booth 2
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Hygiene 2
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
- Accidents 1
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Liberty 1
- Maintenance -- Preventive Maintenance 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
- Recreation 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- Swimming 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air 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) -- Maui (county) -- Maui (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
- Wounds And Injuries 1 ∧ less
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