USS Growler (SSG-577)
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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: Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 X
- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training X
- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training X
- Subject: Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 X
- Subject: Vacuum -- High Vacuum X
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- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Damage Control 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Hygiene 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Inventory 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Recreation 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1 ∧ less
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