Williams, Jessica
Person
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Allen Odette Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 111
Scope and Contents
Allen Odette served aboard Growler from August 1961 to December 1963, as a fire control technician (missile guidance systems) second class. Odette began his interview by speaking about his decision to join the Navy. He noted that he first went into the reserves in Illinois before joining the regular Navy after moving to California. He also discussed his experiences in boot camp as well as his decision to apply for the submarine service after receiving a tour of a submarine from a friend of a...
Dates:
September 14, 2016
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
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
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
Peter Carle Oral History
Item
Identifier: OHP 024
Scope and Contents
Peter Carle served aboard Intrepid as a radarman second class from December 1969 to November 1971. Carle began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy. Carle then described the training he had received from electronics school and radar school. He also recalled his assignment to Glynco Naval Air Station in Georgia, where he spent his time at C.I.C. school. Carle also noted that the training and experiences he received in the Navy had prepared him for his future job working...
Dates:
November 15, 2013
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- Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 13
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 11
- Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 9
- Strategy -- Deterrence 9
- Families (Human) -- Family Members 8
- Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 8
- Recreation 8
- United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 8
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 7
- Food 7
- Humor -- Practical Jokes 7
- Accidents 6
- Cleaning -- Laundry Operations 6
- Growler -- enlisted mess 6
- Hygiene 6
- United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 6
- Growler -- control room and attack center 5
- Growler -- sail 5
- Navigation 5
- Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 5
- Communications Technicians, CTs 4
- Decommissioning, May 25, 1964 4
- Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 4
- Growler -- crew's quarters 4
- John F. Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963 4
- Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 4
- Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 4
- Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 4
- Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 4
- United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 4
- Vacuum -- High Vacuum 4
- Growler -- forward torpedo room 3
- Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 3
- Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 3
- Growler -- sonar room 3
- Liberty 3
- Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 3
- Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 3
- Petty Officer 3rd Class, E-4 3
- Russia (nation) -- Primorskiy Kray (kray) -- Vladivostok (inhabited place) 3
- Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 2
- Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 2
- Damage -- Damage Assessment 2
- Detection -- Submarine Detection 2
- Discipline 2
- Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
- Disposal -- Garbage Disposal 2
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training 2
- Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 2
- Growler -- galley 2
- Growler -- wardroom 2
- Hazing 2
- Intrepid -- gallery deck -- combat information center (CIC) 2
- Leave 2
- Lieutenant Junior Grade, O-2 2
- Maintenance -- Ship Maintenance 2
- Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radar Navigation 2
- Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 2
- Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 2
- Operations Department -- OI Division 2
- Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 2
- Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 2
- Radar -- Radar Equipment 2
- Recreation -- Games 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
- Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy (inhabited place) 2
- Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 2
- Sonar 2
- Sonar Equipment 2
- United States (nation) -- California (state) -- San Diego (county) -- San Diego (inhabited place) -- Naval Training Center San Diego (naval base) 2
- United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 2
- Accidents -- Aviation Accidents 1
- Aircraft -- Soviet Cold War -- Tupolev -- TU–95 bomber -- UF Bear 1
- Behavioral Sciences -- Psychology -- Behavior -- Performance (Human) 1
- Business Administration -- Finance -- Income -- Salaries 1
- Ceremonies -- Crossing the Line 1
- China (nation) -- Hong Kong (semi–independent political entity) -- Hong Kong Island (area) -- Hong Kong (island) 1
- Commissioning, August 30, 1958 1
- Communication And Radio Systems 1
- Damage 1
- Damage Control 1
- Defense Systems -- Countermeasures -- Electronic Countermeasures 1
- Delivery -- Weapon Delivery -- Bombing 1
- Detectors -- Acoustic Detectors -- Hydrophones 1
- Disposal -- Waste Disposal -- Sewage Disposal 1
- Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
- Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Survival Training 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Aqaba, Gulf of (gulf) 1
- Egypt (nation) -- Suez (governorate) -- Suez Canal (canal) 1
- Electronics Technician Seaman, ETSN 1
- Europe (continent) -- Baltic Sea (sea) 1
- Executive Officer 1
- Fire Control Technician (Missile Guidance Systems) Petty Officer 2nd Class, FTG2 1
- First Vietnam Deployment, April – November 1966 1
- Foreign -- Military Forces (Foreign) -- Soviet Navy 1
- Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
- Growler -- officer stateroom 1
- Growler -- radio room 1 ∧ less
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