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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Calvin Underwood Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 117
Scope and Contents Calvin Underwood served aboard Growler as a missile technician third class from 1962 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his decision to enlist in the Navy a week after graduating high school, explaining that the only jobs available to him in his hometown involved working in the cotton mill. Underwood then stated that he was sent to boot camp in San Diego and described what it was like to leave home for the first time. He also explained that he decided to apply for sub school while...
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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Accidents 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
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Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- enlisted mess 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Hazing 1
Humor -- Practical Jokes 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, O-3 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Recreation 1
Recreation -- Games 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Strategy -- Deterrence 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) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
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