USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
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
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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- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying X
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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 11
- Food 9
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 8
- Hygiene 8
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 8
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 8
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 7
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 7
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- Recreation 7
- Strategy -- Deterrence 7
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- Accidents 5
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 5
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 5
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 4
- Growler -- sail 4
- Liberty 4
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 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 -- forward torpedo room 3
- Growler -- galley 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 3
- Navigation 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 3
- Recreation -- Games 3
- Sonar 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Damage Control 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Hazing 2
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (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) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Damage 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Discipline 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 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
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Medical Services -- First Aid 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1 ∧ less
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