USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Lance Nowland Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
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 11
- Recreation 11
- Food 10
- Hygiene 10
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 9
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 9
- Strategy -- Deterrence 9
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 9
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 9
- Growler -- sail 8
- Accidents 7
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Growler -- control room and attack center 7
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 7
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 6
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 6
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- Recreation -- Games 6
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 5
- Liberty 5
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 5
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 5
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 4
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
- Hazing 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Navigation 4
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Growler -- wardroom 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Communications Technicians, CTs 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
- Growler -- engine room control booth 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- radio room 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 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) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 1
- Bering Sea (sea) 1
- Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 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
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1 ∧ less
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