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Black and white photograph of a man standing next to the submarine Growler anchored to a pier i…
Growler in Adak, Alaska
Black and white photograph of a man standing next to the submarine Growler anchored to a pier i…
Black and white photograph of a man standing next to the submarine Growler anchored to a pier in Adak, Alaska

Growler in Adak, Alaska

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Date1960–1963
PeriodCold War
Mediumphotographic paper
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Bill Daack, crew member 1960–1963. P2018.13.04
Object numberP2018.13.04
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal modern reprint image of a bearded, light-skinned man in dungarees leaning on a bollard on a pier at the Naval Facility in Adak, Alaska. The submarine USS Growler’s sail is on the right side of the image and the vessel is moored to the dock. Men are on the deck and an American flag is flying at the aft end of the submarine. Two pulleys hang down in the center of the image. There is a rocky shoreline across a body of water in the background. The back has “Adak” written in black ink.
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Collections
Black and white photograph of an officer standing on a pier next to the submarine USS Growler i…
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.08
Black and white photograph of four men standing on a street at the Navy facility in Adak, Alask…
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.03
Black and white photograph of sailors in dungarees on a pier in Adak, Alaska
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.09
Black and white photograph of sailors in dungarees on a pier in Adak, Alaska
Bill Daack
probably 1961
Object number: P2018.13.10
Black and white photograph of three sailors on the deck of the submarine USS Growler, one sailo…
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.13
Black and white photograph of sailors in white uniforms manning USS Growler's rails in Pearl Ha…
Bill Daack
June 1960
Object number: P2018.13.01
Black and white photograph of sailors in the submarine USS Growler's mess
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.06
Color photograph of a sailor painting "577" in white on Growler's hull
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.17
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"
Peter G. Kochera
June 16, 2017
Object number: OHP.134
Black and white photograph of the King of Thailand on board the submarine USS Growler
Bill Daack
June 1960
Object number: P2018.13.02
Color photograph of the submarine USS Growler's enlisted berthing compartment, with a sailor in…
Bill Daack
1960–1963
Object number: P2018.13.18