USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)
Item
Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates:
March 14, 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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- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Food 3
- Growler -- control room and attack center 3
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 3
- Recreation 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Discipline 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
- Accidents 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Commanding Officer 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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