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Priest, Charles, Jr.

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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

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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Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
Executive Officer 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
Growler -- officer stateroom 2
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
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Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
Recreation 2
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
Accidents 1
Commanding Officer 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- War Games 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Germany (nation) -- Schleswig-Holstein (state) -- Flensburg-Mürwik (neighborhood) -- Naval Academy Murwik (naval academy) 1
Growler -- commanding officer's stateroom 1
Growler -- sonar room 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Liberty 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Navigation 1
Norway (nation) -- Vest-Agder (county) -- Kristiansand (inhabited place) 1
Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
Personnel -- Military Personnel -- Guided Missile Personnel 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Seaman, E-3 1
Seaman, SN 1
Strategy -- Deterrence 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) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (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) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
United States (nation) -- Maryland (state) -- Cecil (county) -- Port Deposit (inhabited place) -- United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (military installation) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Norfolk (independent city) -- Norfolk (inhabited place) -- Naval Station Norfolk (naval base) 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
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