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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Duane F. Heatwole Oral History

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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

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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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Celebrations -- Holidays 2
Food 2
Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
Growler -- wardroom 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 2
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Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Recreation -- Games 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
Accidents 1
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
Executive Officer 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- officer stateroom 1
Growler -- sail 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
Hygiene 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
Maintenance -- Preventive Maintenance 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Navigation 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Recreation 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
Swimming 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Maui (county) -- Maui (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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