USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 16 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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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 13
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 12
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 10
- Recreation 10
- Food 9
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 9
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 8
- Strategy -- Deterrence 8
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 7
- Growler -- control room and attack center 7
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 7
- Hygiene 7
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 7
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 7
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 7
- Accidents 6
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 6
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
- Liberty 6
- Recreation -- Games 6
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 5
- Growler -- sail 5
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 5
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 4
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
- Growler -- enlisted mess 4
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 4
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 3
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Growler -- wardroom 3
- Hazing 3
- Navigation 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
- Growler -- engine room control booth 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- radio room 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 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
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 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
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline 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
- Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1 ∧ less
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