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The submarine USS Growler (SSG-577) was commissioned on August 30, 1958. It was a guided missile submarine capable of launching and guiding the Regulus I nuclear missile. Growler made eight strategic deterrent patrols to the Western Pacific Ocean, waiting for an order to launch its missiles at military facilities in Russia. Growler was decommissioned on May 25, 1964. In 1989, it opened to the public at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City.

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CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Wayne J. Mehl
June 29, 2017
Object number: OHP.137
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Peter G. Kochera
June 16, 2017
Object number: OHP.134
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
David E. Bishop
September 16, 2016
Object number: OHP.118
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Samuel T. Higa
September 16, 2016
Object number: OHP.120
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
John J. Ekelund
March 15, 2017
Object number: OHP.127
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Jack Gabler
August 23, 2017
Object number: OHP.142
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Michael Perrett
May 7, 2018
Object number: OHP.159
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Robert L. Owens
October 1, 2014
Object number: OHP.059
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Edward M. Bell
October 2, 2014
Object number: OHP.063
CD with sepia image of USS Intrepid at sea with text that reads "Oral History Collection"
Cornelius Brown
October 2, 2014
Object number: OHP.066
Side view of dark blue round knit nose warmer with gold edges and gold knit ties
Robert L. Owens
1962
Object number: 2017.11
U.S. Navy white dress dinner jacket laid flat with rating patch and service stripes on left arm
William E. Lister
mid-1960s
Object number: 2017.43.01