Williams, Jessica
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Jack Gabler Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 142
Scope and Contents
Jack Gabler served aboard Growler as a sonarman third class from 1963 to 1964. He began his interview by stating that he had initially planned to become a veterinarian, however he explained how a turn of events and a chance meeting with a Navy recruiter resulted in him joining the Navy. Gabler then discussed boot camp, which he described as a “real eye awakening moment.” He also recounted his introduction to the submarine service, stating that submarines sailors came to speak with the...
Dates:
August 23, 2017
James W. Day Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 130
Scope and Contents
James Day served aboard Growler as a hospital corpsman from 1961 to 1963. He began his interview by discussing why he joined the Navy and providing a brief overview of his service. Day noted boot camp, hospital corps school in San Diego at the Balboa Naval Hospital, operating room technician school at Bethesda Maryland Naval Hospital, being stationed at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune, and his time as an OR tech aboard the hospital ship Haven during the Korean War. Day also stated that he left...
Dates:
May 24, 2017
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 4
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 4
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 4
- Strategy -- Deterrence 4
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 3
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 3
- Food 3
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Recreation 3
- Accidents 2
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 2
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 2
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 2
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 2
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 2
- Growler -- sail 2
- Growler -- sonar room 2
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 2
- Hygiene 2
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 2
- Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 2
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 2
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
- Communications Technicians, CTs 1
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
- Damage 1
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 1
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
- Growler -- control room and attack center 1
- Growler -- crew's quarters 1
- Growler -- galley 1
- Growler -- storekeeper’s office 1
- Hazing 1
- Hospital Corpsman Petty Officer 1st Class, HM1 1
- Inventory 1
- Liberty 1
- Life Sciences -- Medicine -- Dentistry 1
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- Logistics -- Supplies -- Medical Supplies 1
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
- Medical Services -- First Aid 1
- Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
- Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
- Pest Control -- Insect Control 1
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 1
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 1
- Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
- Recreation -- Games 1
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 1
- Signatures -- Ship Signatures 1
- Sonar -- Passive Sonar 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 2nd Class, SO2 1
- Sonarman Petty Officer 3rd Class, SO3 1
- Storekeeper 1st Class Petty Officer, SK1 1
- Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 1
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