USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Calvin Underwood Oral History
Item
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
Dennis Y. Sloan Oral History
Item
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
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- Subject: Growler -- control room and attack center X
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- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
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- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Hygiene 2
- Liberty 2
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
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- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Damage Control 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Recreation 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
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- United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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