USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Uel W. Smith Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 113
Scope and Contents
Uel Smith served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1958 to 1960. Smith began his interview by discussing the first time he saw Growler and explaining how he came to serve aboard Growler. He then backtracked and stated that he joined the Navy with a group of friends from Missouri when he was 17 years old. Smith continued, noting that he attended boot camp in Bainbridge, Maryland, and sub school in New London, CT. He described the submarine specific training he received, such as exercises...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 137
Scope and Contents
Wayne Mehl served aboard Growler as the engineering officer and the nuclear weapons officer from 1961 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his childhood growing up on a naval base in San Francisco during World War II and noting how his father, a lieutenant during the First World War, heavily influenced his decision to join the Navy. Mehl then discussed his education at Stanford University and explained his decision to join the NROTC program, stating that his engineering degree,...
Dates:
June 29, 2017
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- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 9
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 9
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 7
- Food 7
- Hygiene 7
- Recreation 7
- Accidents 6
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 6
- Strategy -- Deterrence 6
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 6
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 5
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 5
- Growler -- sail 5
- Liberty 5
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 4
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 4
- Growler -- enlisted mess 4
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 4
- Recreation -- Games 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Hazing 3
- Navigation 3
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Communications Technicians, CTs 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
- Growler -- engine room control booth 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Sonar 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 3rd Class, EN3 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Japan (nation) -- Nagasaki (prefecture) -- Sasebo (inhabited place) 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Maintenance -- Preventive Maintenance 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Sea Trials, November 1958 1 ∧ less
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