Williams, Jessica
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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
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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- Growler -- sail 2
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 2
- Hygiene 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
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- Damage Control 1
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 1
- Discipline 1
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- Engineering -- Marine Engineering -- Shipbuilding 1
- Executive Officer 1
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- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
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- Growler -- wardroom 1
- Growler -- washroom 1
- Hazing 1
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- Liberty 1
- Lieutenant Commander, O-4 1
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- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 1
- Panama (nation) -- Panama Canal (canal) 1
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- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Quartermaster 3rd Class Petty Officer, QM3 1
- Recreation 1
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 1
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- Strategy -- Deterrence 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- Ventura (county) -- Point Mugu (cape) -- Naval Air Station Point Mugu (air base) 1
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 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 ∧ less
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