USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Lance Nowland Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents
Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
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
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- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
- Recreation 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Food 3
- Growler -- control room and attack center 3
- Growler -- enlisted mess 3
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
- Accidents 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Communications Technicians, CTs 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Hazing 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Hygiene 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Navigation 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Commanding Officer 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 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
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 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
- Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- Sonar Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air 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) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1 ∧ less
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