USS Growler (SSG-577)
Organization
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Robert L. Owens Oral History (First Interview)
Item
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
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 9
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 9
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 7
- Recreation 7
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 6
- Hygiene 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- Strategy -- Deterrence 6
- Accidents 5
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 5
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
- Food 5
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 5
- Growler -- crew's quarters 4
- Growler -- sonar room 4
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
- Recreation -- Games 4
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Growler -- control room and attack center 3
- Growler -- enlisted mess 3
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Growler -- radio room 3
- Growler -- sail 3
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Sonar 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 3
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- toilet 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 2
- Liberty 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Security -- Information Security 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 2
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
- Animals -- Vertebrates -- Mammals -- Primates -- Humans -- Youth -- Children 1
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Commanding Officer 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Discipline 1
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 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
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Navigation 1 ∧ less
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