Harmuth, Robert K.
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Jack Gabler Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents
Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates:
August 23, 2017
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
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- Subject: Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training X
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- Food 4
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 4
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
- Growler -- crew's quarters 3
- Growler -- enlisted mess 3
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 3
- Recreation 3
- Strategy -- Deterrence 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Communications Technicians, CTs 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Hygiene 2
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Liberty 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Accidents 1
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Damage Control 1
- Discipline 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- sail 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
- Inventory 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Medical Services -- First Aid 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Ordnance -- Fire Control Systems -- Fire Control System Components -- Fire Control Computers -- Torpedo Data Computers 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Sonar 1
- Sonar Equipment 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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