USS Growler (SSG-577)
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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
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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- Food 4
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 4
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 3
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 3
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- Accidents 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- crew's quarters 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Hygiene 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Navigation 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 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
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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