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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Lance Nowland Oral History

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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)

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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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  • Subject: Strategy -- Deterrence X
  • Subject: Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) X

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Communications Technicians, CTs 3
Food 3
Growler -- control room and attack center 3
Growler -- sail 3
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
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Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 3
Recreation 3
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
Discipline 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 -- crew's quarters 2
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
Growler -- officer stateroom 2
Growler -- wardroom 2
Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
Accidents 1
Commanding Officer 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- enlisted mess 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Hazing 1
Hygiene 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Liberty 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation 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
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air 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
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
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