USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Jack Gabler Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents
Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates:
August 23, 2017
Filtered By
- Subject: Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 X
- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training X
- Subject: Liberty X
- Subject: Strategy -- Deterrence X
- Subject: United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Accidents 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 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 Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
∨ more