USS Growler (SSG-577)
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Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 137
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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,...
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June 29, 2017
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 10
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 10
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 9
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 9
- Food 7
- Recreation 7
- Strategy -- Deterrence 7
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
- Growler -- control room and attack center 5
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- Growler -- enlisted mess 4
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 4
- Growler -- sail 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Navigation 4
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- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 4
- Communications Technicians, CTs 3
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 3
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Recreation -- Games 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
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- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
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- Growler -- galley 2
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- Growler -- sonar room 2
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- Hazing 2
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Seaman, E-3 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 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) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Discipline 1
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
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- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
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- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
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- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
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- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
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- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
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