USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 037
Scope and Contents
Richard Meyers served aboard Growler as a machinist’s mate second class from October 1961 to September 1963. Meyers began his interview by explaining his decision to leave his construction job in Wyoming and join the Navy. He then discussed boot camp and volunteering for the submarine service. Meyers continued, recounting the first time he saw Growler. The submarine was in dry dock in Pearl Harbor, which gave Meyers the opportunity to walk underneath Growler and see the submarine from a...
Dates:
July 2, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (First Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 059
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. Owens began his interview by stating where he was born and raised and discussing his service in WWII. Owens explained that after boot camp and electrical school, he rode Intrepid from Alameda to Pearl Harbor, where he served aboard the submarine tender USS Bushnell. He then went aboard the USS Tinosa and made seven war patrols. After providing additional...
Dates:
October 1, 2014
Robert L. Owens Oral History (Second Interview)
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Identifier: OHP 126
Scope and Contents
Robert L. Owens served aboard Growler, first as executive officer, then as commanding officer, from February 1960 to December 13, 1963. He began his second interview by recalling his early Navy career when he was drafted during World War II. Owens stated that he attended boot camp in Farragut, ID, and electrician school, before volunteering for submarine service and completing five war patrols on Tinosa. After discussing his experiences in the submarine service during World War II, Owens...
Dates:
March 14, 2017
Samuel Higa Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents
Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
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
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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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- Subject: Cold War, October 1945–March 15, 1974 X
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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 22
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 17
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 14
- Recreation 14
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 13
- Food 13
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 12
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 12
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 12
- Hygiene 12
- Strategy -- Deterrence 12
- Growler -- control room and attack center 11
- Growler -- sail 11
- Growler -- crew's quarters 10
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 10
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 10
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 9
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 9
- Growler -- enlisted mess 9
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 9
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 8
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 8
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 8
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 8
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 8
- Accidents 7
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 7
- Recreation -- Games 7
- Communications Technicians, CTs 6
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 6
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
- Liberty 6
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 6
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 6
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 6
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 5
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 5
- Growler -- galley 5
- Growler -- wardroom 5
- Hazing 5
- Navigation 5
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 5
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 5
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 5
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 4
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 4
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 4
- Growler -- sonar room 4
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 4
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 4
- Sonar 4
- Executive Officer 3
- Growler -- engine room 3
- Growler -- engine room control booth 3
- Growler -- officer stateroom 3
- Growler -- radio room 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 3
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
- Celebrations -- Holidays 2
- Commanding Officer 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Damage Control 2
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 2
- Discipline 2
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 2
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Seaman, E-3 2
- Security -- Information Security 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 2
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 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) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2 ∧ less
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