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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Lance Nowland Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

Nancy E. Sloan Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 115
Scope and Contents Nancy Sloan married Dennis Sloan, who served aboard Growler as an officer from 1959 to 1960. She began her interview by explaining that she met Dennis through a blind date during a visit to the Naval Academy and noting the initial hesitation that her family expressed when she eventually married a “Navy guy.” Sloan then spoke about her introduction to life as a Navy wife, which occurred when Dennis was in submarine school. She also described her trip to Hawaii after Dennis was assigned to...
Dates: September 14, 2016

Richard Lee Meyers Oral History

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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

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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

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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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Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 17
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 17
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 12
Food 11
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 10
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Humor -- Practical Jokes 10
Recreation 10
Strategy -- Deterrence 10
Families (Human) -- Family Members 9
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 9
Growler -- control room and attack center 9
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 9
Growler -- forward torpedo room 8
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 8
Growler -- sail 8
Hygiene 8
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 8
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 7
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 7
Growler -- crew's quarters 7
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 7
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 7
Accidents 6
Growler -- enlisted mess 6
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
Liberty 6
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
Recreation -- Games 6
Communications Technicians, CTs 5
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 5
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 5
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 5
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
Growler -- wardroom 5
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 5
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 5
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 5
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 4
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 4
Growler -- galley 4
Hazing 4
Navigation 4
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
Executive Officer 3
Growler -- engine room 3
Growler -- engine room control booth 3
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
Growler -- officer stateroom 3
Growler -- sonar room 3
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 3
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
Sonar 3
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 3
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
Celebrations -- Holidays 2
Commanding Officer 2
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Discipline 2
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
Growler -- radio room 2
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 2
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 2
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 2
Recreation -- Sports 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
Seaman, E-3 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) -- 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
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 2
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 2
Animals -- Vertebrates -- Mammals -- Primates -- Humans -- Youth -- Children 1
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 1
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Foreign Object Damage 1
Damage Control 1
Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
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