Glacy, Lawrence
Person
Dates
- Existence: November 4, 1940
Biography
Lawrence Glacy served on board the submarine USS Growler (SSG-577) as a quartermaster first class (QM1) from 1960–1963. He has participated in the Museum’s oral history project (OHP_029 and OHP_152).
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian
Chronology:
- November 4, 1957
- Start Date of Military Service
- 1960
- Start Date of Service Aboard Growler
- 1963
- End Date of Service Aboard Growler
- June 10, 1966
- End Date of Military Service
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage Control 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 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
- Food 1
- Food -- Cake 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
- Hazing 1
- Hygiene 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 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 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Midway Islands (possession) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1 ∧ less
∨ more