USS Growler (SSG-577)
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John "Andy" Anderson Oral History
Item
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
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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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Growler -- control room and attack center 3
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 3
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Food 2
- Growler -- crew's quarters 2
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
- Hazing 2
- Hygiene 2
- Liberty 2
- Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
- Accidents 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage Control 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Seaman, SN 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Norfolk (naval base) 1 ∧ less
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