Williams, Jessica
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
David E. Bishop Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 118
Scope and Contents
David Bishop served on Growler as a torpedoman third class from December 1959 to September 1961. He began his interview by explaining his decision to join the Navy when he was seventeen years old. Bishop then noted boot camp in San Diego and submarine schools in San Francisco, stating that submarined schools taught you the basic systems aboard a submarine and that the actual operation of these systems occurred once you were on board a boat. As Bishop continued, he described his first day on...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Donald Bosetti Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents
Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates:
September 16, 2016
Laurence H. Blackburn, Jr. Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 008
Scope and Contents
Laurence Blackburn served as the senior medical officer aboard Intrepid during the ship’s first and second deployments to Vietnam, from 1965 to 1967. Blackburn began his interview by discussing his decision to become a doctor. He then recounted joining the Navy, meeting his wife while in medical school, and attending flight surgeon school. Blackburn then continued, relating his decision to serve aboard Intrepid rather than Randolph, and shortly thereafter learning that Intrepid was being...
Dates:
July 12, 2013
Wayne J. Mehl Oral History
Item
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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- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
- Accidents 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 4
- Hygiene 4
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
- Recreation 4
- Strategy -- Deterrence 4
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 4
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
- Food 3
- Growler -- control room and attack center 3
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 3
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- crew's quarters 2
- Growler -- enlisted mess 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Hazing 2
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Liberty 2
- Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 2
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 2
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
- Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- Commander, O-5 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
- Engineering -- Aeronautical Engineering -- Space Technology 1
- Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
- Growler -- engine room 1
- Growler -- engine room control booth 1
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- radio room 1
- Growler -- stern room 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Growler -- toilet 1
- Health -- Mental Health 1
- Intrepid -- hangar deck -- fantail 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- sick bay 1
- Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 1
- Inventory 1
- Japan (nation) -- Kanto (region (administrative division)) -- Kanagawa–ken (prefecture) -- Yokosuka (inhabited Place) -- Yokosuka Naval Base (naval base) 1
- Lieutenant, O-3 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Emergency Medicine 1
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Medical Department UF 1
- Medicine -- Military Medicine 1
- Military Personnel -- Military Surgeons -- Flight Surgeons 1
- Morale 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
- Personnel Management -- Absenteeism 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 1
- Poisoning 1
- Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Second Vietnam Deployment, May – December, 1967 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 1
- South China Sea (sea) -- Dixie Station (military instillation) 1
- Standards -- Living Standards 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Structures -- Buildings -- Churches 1
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 1
- Torpedoman's Mate Petty Officer 3rd Class, TM3 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1 ∧ less
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