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Ekelund, John J.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: January 19, 1928

Biography

Chronology:
June 1945 - June 1949
US Naval Academy
June 1958
Start Date of Service Aboard Growler
June 1961
End Date of Service Aboard Growler
1983
Retired from Navy

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ed Clark Oral History

 Item
Identifier: OHP 141

Lance Nowland Oral History

 Item
Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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  • Subject: Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks X

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Subject
Accidents 2
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
Food 2
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Growler -- enlisted mess 2
Growler -- sonar room 2
Hygiene 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 1
Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Damage 1
Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Executive Officer 1
Growler -- control room and attack center 1
Growler -- crew's quarters 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Growler -- officer stateroom 1
Growler -- wardroom 1
Hazing 1
Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 1
Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
Sea Trials, November 1958 1
Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
Sonar 1
Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
Sonar Equipment 1
Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
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