USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 20 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
Donald Bosetti Oral History
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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
Helen M. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 138
Scope and Contents
Helen M. Mehl married Lieutenant Wayne Mehl in 1961, and spent three years living in Hawaii during Wayne’s service aboard Growler. Mehl began her interview by discussing her childhood and her upbringing in a traditional Methodist family. She then stated that after graduating high school, she attended Stanford University to study art and art history. This was where she met Wayne Mehl, and she noted that by her senior year, they were engaged. Mehl then continued, stating that she moved to...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 17
- Recreation 14
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 12
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 12
- Food 11
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 11
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 10
- Hygiene 10
- Strategy -- Deterrence 10
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 9
- Growler -- control room and attack center 9
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 9
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 8
- Growler -- sail 8
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 8
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 8
- Accidents 7
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Growler -- crew's quarters 7
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 7
- Recreation -- Games 7
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
- Liberty 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 6
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 6
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 6
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 5
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 5
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 5
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 5
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 5
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 4
- Growler -- sonar room 4
- Hazing 4
- Navigation 4
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
- Sonar 4
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- radio room 3
- Growler -- wardroom 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 2
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
- Growler -- engine room control booth 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Security -- Information Security 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 2
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 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) -- Hawaii (state) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Bering Sea (sea) 1
- Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Discipline 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1 ∧ less
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