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Color photograph of a sailor sitting on top of the submarine USS Growler, with the Golden Gate …
Sitting on top of USS Growler’s Missile Hangars
Color photograph of a sailor sitting on top of the submarine USS Growler, with the Golden Gate …
Color photograph of a sailor sitting on top of the submarine USS Growler, with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background

Sitting on top of USS Growler’s Missile Hangars

Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Association
Dateca. 1964
PeriodCold War
MediumTIFF
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Gift of Michael Perrett ETN3 (SS). P2018.25.04
Object numberP2018.25.04
DescriptionDigitized photograph, Color; Square image of Michael Perrett squatting on top of the submarine USS Growler’s port missile hangar while the submarine is in transit. Perrett is wearing a heavy deck jacket, dungarees and a white “Dixie cup” hat. He has light skin. Growler’s sail is behind him, and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is in the distance. A wake is visible behind the submarine. There is a white border around the image and white paper residue near the top edge.

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