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USS Growler (SSG-577)

 Organization

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Calvin Underwood Oral History

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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

Ed Clark Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 141

Jack Gabler Oral History

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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

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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  • Subject: Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies X
  • Subject: Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 X

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Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 5
Families (Human) -- Family Members 5
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 5
Food 5
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 5
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Strategy -- Deterrence 5
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 5
Accidents 4
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 4
Recreation 4
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 4
Communications Technicians, CTs 3
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
Growler -- enlisted mess 3
Growler -- sonar room 3
Hygiene 3
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 3
Liberty 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
Sonar 3
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
Growler -- control room and attack center 2
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
Growler -- sail 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
Recreation -- Games 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
Sonar Equipment 2
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Discipline 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Executive Officer 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- officer stateroom 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Hazing 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
Navigation 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
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