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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 2 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

Samuel Higa Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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  • Subject: Strategy -- Deterrence X
  • Subject: Growler -- galley X

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Bering Sea (sea) 1
Celebrations -- Holidays 1
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
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Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
Food 1
Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- enlisted mess 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Russia (nation) 1
Seaman, E-3 1
Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Solano (county) -- Mare Island (island) -- Mare Island Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 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) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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