Williams, Jessica
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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
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- Subject: Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) X
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- Discipline 2
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 2
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 2
- Food 2
- Growler -- control room and attack center 2
- Growler -- officer stateroom 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 2
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 2
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 2
- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 2
- Recreation 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
- Accidents 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Commanding Officer 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
- Growler -- sonar room 1
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 1
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence -- Naval Intelligence 1
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 1
- Liberty 1
- Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
- Navigation 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Performing Arts -- Music 1
- Recreation -- Sports 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 1
- Sea Trials, November 1958 1
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
- Social Sciences -- Psychology -- Social Psychology -- Human Relations -- Race Relations 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 1
- Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
- World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1 ∧ less
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