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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
Samuel Higa Oral History
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Identifier: OHP 120
Scope and Contents
Samuel Higa served aboard Growler as a seaman from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by discussing his family’s relocation to a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Higa then stated that his family moved to Southern California, where he completed high school and briefly attended UCLA, before joining the Navy. After explaining how he enlisted, Higa discussed boot camp, electronics school, submarine school, and SINS (Ship’s Inertial Navigation System)...
Dates:
September 16, 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 10
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 10
- Strategy -- Deterrence 9
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 8
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 8
- Food 8
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 8
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 7
- Growler -- control room and attack center 7
- Recreation 7
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 6
- Hygiene 6
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 6
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 6
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 6
- Accidents 5
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 5
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 5
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 5
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Growler -- enlisted mess 5
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 5
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 4
- Liberty 4
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
- Recreation -- Games 4
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 4
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 4
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 3
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 3
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 3
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 3
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 3
- Growler -- sail 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 3
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 3
- Sonar 3
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 3
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Discipline 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- radio room 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Hazing 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Navigation 2
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
- Recreation -- Sports 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Emotions -- Anxiety 1
- Commanding Officer 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage Control 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
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- 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
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
- Missile Technician Petty Officer 3rd Class, MT3 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1 ∧ less
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