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Heatwole, Duane F.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: October 9, 1935

Biography

Duane F. Heatwole, from Glendale, Arizona, served aboard the submarine USS Growler (SSG-577) as a commissaryman petty officer second class from 1960 to 1964. He spent the majority of his time in the galley preparing food for the crew, however he was also stationed in the wardroom with a manual plot when they test fired missiles. Heatwole also served aboard Bonefish and Halibut. After leaving the Navy he returned to Arizona where he worked at his family’s business, a Frito-Lay franchise that his father had purchased in 1947.

Chronology:
October 1959
Start Date of Military Service
1960
Start Date of Service Aboard Growler
1964
End Date of Service Aboard Growler
October 1964
End Date of Military Service

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Calvin Underwood Oral History

 Item
Identifier: OHP 117
Scope and Contents Calvin Underwood served aboard Growler as a missile technician third class from 1962 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his decision to enlist in the Navy a week after graduating high school, explaining that the only jobs available to him in his hometown involved working in the cotton mill. Underwood then stated that he was sent to boot camp in San Diego and described what it was like to leave home for the first time. He also explained that he decided to apply for sub school while...
Dates: September 16,2016

Duane F. Heatwole Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 057
Scope and Contents Duane F. Heatwole served aboard Growler as a commissaryman petty officer second class from 1960 to 1964. Heatwole began his interview by discussing Growler’s galley. He also described how he acquired different types of food, how this food was loaded into the boat, and how the food was stored. Heatwole then discussed some of the meals that he prepared for the crew, including filet mignon, lobster, and crab legs from Alaska. He then continued, describing a process called snorkeling, which...
Dates: October 1, 2014

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

Filtered By

  • Subject: United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) X

Additional filters:

Subject
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
Humor -- Practical Jokes 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
Growler -- control room and attack center 3
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Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 3
Recreation 3
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 3
Strategy -- Deterrence 3
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
Growler -- crew's quarters 2
Growler -- enlisted mess 2
Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
Growler -- galley 2
Hygiene 2
Liberty 2
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
Recreation -- Games 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
Bering Sea (sea) 1
Celebrations -- Holidays 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Commissaryman Petty Officer 2nd Class, CS2 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Damage Control 1
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline 1
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 3rd Class, FTG3 1
Food -- Cake 1
Food Dispensing -- Food Service -- Meals 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- sail 1
Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Handling -- Loading(Handling) 1
Hazing 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Communications Intelligence 1
Inventory 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa-ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited place) 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 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
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Russia (nation) 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 -- Passive Sonar 1
Soviet Union (former nation/state/empire) 1
Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Kauai (county) -- Kauai (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
United States (nation) -- Virginia (state) -- Virginia Beach (independent city) -- Virginia Beach (inhabited place) -- Fleet Training Center Dam Neck (naval base) 1
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
Wounds and Injuries -- Burns(Injuries) 1
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