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USS Barbero (SS/SSA/SSG-317)

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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

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Commanding Officer 2
Communications Technicians, CTs 2
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
Growler -- wardroom 2
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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
Strategy -- Deterrence 2
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 2
Accidents 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Discipline 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Food 1
Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Navigation 1
Norway (nation) -- Vest-Agder (county) -- Kristiansand (inhabited place) 1
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
Personnel -- Military Personnel -- Guided Missile Personnel 1
Recreation 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- San Nicolas Island (island) 1
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Port Hueneme (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Colorado (state) -- El Paso (county) -- Cheyenne Mountain (peak) -- Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station (Air Force base) 1
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
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