Henderson, Donald
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Odette Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 111
Scope and Contents
Allen Odette served aboard Growler from August 1961 to December 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) second class. Odette began his interview by speaking about his decision to join the Navy. He noted that he first went into the reserves in Illinois before joining the regular Navy after moving to California. He also discussed his experiences in boot camp as well as his decision to apply for the submarine service after receiving a tour of a submarine from a friend of a...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
James W. Day Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 130
Scope and Contents
James Day served aboard Growler as a hospital corpsman from 1961 to 1963. He began his interview by discussing why he joined the Navy and providing a brief overview of his service. Day noted boot camp, hospital corps school in San Diego at the Balboa Naval Hospital, operating room technician school at Bethesda Maryland Naval Hospital, being stationed at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, and his time as an OR tech aboard the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Day also stated that he left...
Dates:
May 24, 2017
John "Andy" Anderson Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 112
Scope and Contents
John “Andy” Anderson served aboard Growler from August 1961 to May 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) third class and was the torpedo fire controlman aboard Growler. Anderson began his interview by stating that his father served aboard German submarines during World War I, which influenced his decision to join the Navy and serve aboard submarines. He then briefly discussed his childhood before explaining why he joined the Navy. Anderson continued, describing his...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
Richard Lee Meyers Oral History
Item
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)
Item
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)
Item
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
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
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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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 8
- Growler -- sail 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 5
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 5
- Recreation 5
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 5
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
- Growler -- crew's quarters 4
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 4
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 4
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 4
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
- Food 3
- Growler -- enlisted mess 3
- Growler -- wardroom 3
- Hygiene 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Strategy -- Deterrence 3
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
- Commanding Officer 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 2
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- radio room 2
- Hazing 2
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 2
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 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
- Accidents 1
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 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
- 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 -- sonar room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
- Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Petty Officer, MM2 1
- Medical Services -- First Aid 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Norway (nation) -- Vest-Agder (county) -- Kristiansand (inhabited place) 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
- Personnel -- Military Personnel -- Guided Missile Personnel 1
- Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1 ∧ less
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