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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

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

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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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 13
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 13
Food 12
Hygiene 12
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 11
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Growler -- sail 11
Recreation 11
Strategy -- Deterrence 10
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 10
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 9
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 9
Growler -- control room and attack center 9
Humor -- Practical Jokes 9
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 9
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 9
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 8
Families (Human) -- Family Members 8
Growler -- enlisted mess 8
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 8
Accidents 7
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 7
Growler -- crew's quarters 7
Growler -- forward torpedo room 7
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 7
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 7
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 6
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 6
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 6
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
Recreation -- Games 6
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 5
Growler -- wardroom 5
Hazing 5
Liberty 5
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 5
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
Communications Technicians, CTs 4
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 4
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
Growler -- galley 4
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 4
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
Navigation 4
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 3
Executive Officer 3
Growler -- engine room 3
Growler -- engine room control booth 3
Growler -- officer stateroom 3
Growler -- sonar room 3
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 3
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 3
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 3
Sonar 3
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
Celebrations -- Holidays 2
Commanding Officer 2
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Damage Control 2
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
Growler -- radio room 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
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
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
Sonar Equipment 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) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 2
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 1
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communications Technician (Interpretive Branch) Petty Officer 2nd Class, CTI2 1
Damage 1
Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
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