USS Growler Lighter
Object NameLighter
Historic Owner
Dennis Y. Sloan
Association
USS Growler (SSG-577)
Date1959
PeriodCold War
Mediummetal, fabric, enamel
ClassificationsPersonal Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Dennis Sloan. 2016.73.01
Object number2016.73.01
DescriptionLighter; Silver lighter with a flip lid. Engraved designs of blue enameled submarine warfare insignia or submariner's dolphin on the lid, and first circular USS Growler insignia on the body that reads “USS Growler // SSG 577” and the Latin motto “Telo utor // peregrinabor” (have missile, will travel). The insignia’s imagery depicts the globe and has a blue border and yellow continents. Growler is positioned in the Atlantic Ocean with a Regulus II missile taking off in the center of the image. The bottom has "Bradford, PA // Zippo ® // Pat. 2517191" and seven dots that date the lighter to 1959 imprinted on it.On View
Not on viewCollections
Samuel S. Cochran
August 1962–April 1963
Object number: 2018.49.01
