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
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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- Strategy -- Deterrence 8
- Accidents 7
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- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Food 7
- Growler -- sail 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 7
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 6
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 6
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- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 5
- Growler -- crew's quarters 5
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 5
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 5
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 5
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- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 5
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 5
- Vietnam War, 1966–68 5
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- Intrepid -- second deck -- wardroom 4
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- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 3
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- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 3
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- Hazing 3
- Intelligence -- Military Intelligence 3
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 3
- Intrepid -- second deck -- ready room 3
- Liberty 3
- Morale 3
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 3
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 3
- Philippines (nation) -- Olongapo (special city) -- Olongapo (inhabited place) -- U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay (naval base) 3
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 3
- Recreation -- Games 3
- Six Day War, June 5–10, 1967 3
- Sonar Equipment 3
- Tonkin, Gulf of (gulf) -- Yankee Station (military installation) 3
- United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 3
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 3
- Aircraft -- Skyhawk 2
- CVW-10 -- VA-34 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
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- Education -- Training -- Flight Training 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training 2
- Executive Officer 2
- Growler -- engine room 2
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- Intrepid -- hangar deck -- fantail 2
- Intrepid -- stateroom 2
- Intrepid -- third deck -- mess 2
- Italy (nation) -- Lazio (region (administrative division)) -- Roma (province) -- Rome (inhabited place) 2
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