USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Lance Nowland Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 119
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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...
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September 16, 2016
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- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Food 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
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
- Accidents 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Navigation 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 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) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (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
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