USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
David E. Bishop Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 118
Scope and Contents
David Bishop served on Growler as a torpedoman third class from December 1959 to September 1961. He began his interview by explaining his decision to join the Navy when he was seventeen years old. Bishop then noted boot camp in San Diego and submarine schools in San Francisco, stating that submarined schools taught you the basic systems aboard a submarine and that the actual operation of these systems occurred once you were on board a boat. As Bishop continued, he described his first day on...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Dennis Y. Sloan Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 114
Scope and Contents
Dennis Y. Sloan served aboard Growler from 1959 to 1960, as a commissary officer and a torpedo officer. He began his interview with a summary of his service, from his time in the Naval Academy to his time on Growler. Sloan then discussed his life before the Navy, noting that his father was in the Air Force and that his family spent the war years in Iowa before moving to Arlington, VA. The conversation then returned to the Naval Academy, and Sloan stated that after graduating from the...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
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 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Food 2
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Strategy -- Deterrence 2
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Damage Control 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 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
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Recreation 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Structures -- Buildings -- Churches 1
- Torpedoman's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class, TM3 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 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 ∧ less
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