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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

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

Wayne J. Mehl Oral History

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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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Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 11
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 10
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 8
Food 8
Growler -- control room and attack center 7
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Hygiene 7
Recreation 7
Strategy -- Deterrence 7
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 7
Accidents 6
Growler -- sail 6
Humor -- Practical Jokes 6
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 5
Families (Human) -- Family Members 5
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 5
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 5
Liberty 5
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 5
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 5
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
Growler -- enlisted mess 4
Growler -- forward torpedo room 4
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 4
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 4
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 4
Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
Communications Technicians, CTs 3
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
Growler -- crew's quarters 3
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
Growler -- wardroom 3
Hazing 3
Navigation 3
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 3
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
Recreation -- Games 3
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 3
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
Executive Officer 2
Growler -- officer stateroom 2
Growler -- sonar room 2
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
Recreation -- Sports 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
Sonar 2
United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 2
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Commanding Officer 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage Control 1
Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
Discipline 1
Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- galley 1
Growler -- radio room 1
Growler -- stern room 1
Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
Growler -- toilet 1
Growler -- washroom 1
Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
Inventory 1
Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
Lieutenant, O-3 1
Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
Morale -- Awards 1
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Ordnance -- Guns -- Small Arms 1
Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Physiology -- Stress(Physiology) -- Motion Sickness 1
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