Williams, Jessica
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Dennis Y. Sloan Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 114
Scope and Contents
Dennis Y. Sloan served aboard Growler from 1959 to 1960, as a commissary officer and a torpedo officer. He began his interview with a summary of his service, from his time in the Naval Academy to his time on Growler. Sloan then discussed his life before the Navy, noting that his father was in the Air Force and that his family spent the war years in Iowa before moving to Arlington, VA. The conversation then returned to the Naval Academy, and Sloan stated that after graduating from the...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
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
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- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
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- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- enlisted mess 1
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- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
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- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 1
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- Hygiene 1
- Hygiene -- Shower Facilities 1
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 1
- Morale -- Awards 1
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- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
- Seaman, E-3 1
- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Solano (county) -- Mare Island (island) -- Mare Island Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
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