USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Donald Bosetti Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents
Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Duane F. Heatwole Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 057
Scope and Contents
Duane F. Heatwole served aboard Growler as a commissaryman petty officer second class from 1960 to 1964. Heatwole began his interview by discussing Growler’s galley. He also described how he acquired different types of food, how this food was loaded into the boat, and how the food was stored. Heatwole then discussed some of the meals that he prepared for the crew, including filet mignon, lobster, and crab legs from Alaska. He then continued, describing a process called snorkeling, which...
Dates:
October 1, 2014
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- Subject: Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 X
- Subject: Military Forces (United States) -- Navy X
- Subject: Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 X
- Subject: Recreation X
- Subject: United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Accidents 1
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Bering Sea (sea) 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays 1
- Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Food 1
- Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
- Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
- Hygiene 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
- Liberty 1
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) 1
- Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 1
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Wounds And Injuries 1
- Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1 ∧ less
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