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Uel W. Smith Oral History

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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

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Recreation 8
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 7
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 7
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 6
Growler -- control room and attack center 6
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Food 5
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
Strategy -- Deterrence 5
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 5
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 5
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
Growler -- crew's quarters 4
Growler -- enlisted mess 4
Growler -- wardroom 4
Hazing 4
Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
Hygiene 4
Navigation 4
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 4
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
Accidents 3
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 3
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
Executive Officer 3
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
Growler -- officer stateroom 3
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
Commanding Officer 2
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
Growler -- sonar room 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Liberty 2
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 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) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 2
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Damage 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Damage Control 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Discipline 1
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Crankcases -- Crankshafts 1
Engines -- Engine Components -- Engine Fuel Systems Components -- Fuel Injectors 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
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Food -- Cake 1
Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- galley 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
Norway (nation) -- Vest-Agder (county) -- Kristiansand (inhabited place) 1
Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
Personnel -- Military Personnel -- Guided Missile Personnel 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
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