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USS Growler (SSG-577) was an early attempt by the U.S. Navy to field a cruise missile submarine that would provide a nuclear deterrent using its second series of cruise missiles.
USS Growler (SS-215), a Gato-class submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the growler.
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Jun 7, 2022 · Gato -class submarine USS Growler (SS-215) was commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore in command. For the first couple of months, Growler conducted intensive...
Explore the history of the USS Growler—one of America’s first nuclear-missile submarines—in the context of the Cold War. Commissioned in 1943, Aircraft Carrier Intrepid survived five Kamikaze attacks and a torpedo strike during WWII.
Dec 1, 2020 · The Growler, a Gato-class fleet submarine built in Groton, CT, by the Electric Boat Company was one of many new submarines ordered prior to World War II and completed shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
On February 7, 1943, while on patrol in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, U.S. Navy Commander Howard W. Gilmore, commander of the USS Growler (SS-215), and his crew carved out a place for themselves in Navy legend and set a standard of duty that is remembered in the submarine service today.
USS Growler (SS-215) Early in November 1944, GROWLER, HAKE and HARDHEAD were operating together west of the Philippine group as a coordinated search and attack group under command of Commander T. B. Oakley, Jr., Commanding Officer, GROWLER. The patrol was GROWLER's eleventh.
Five months earlier, submarine skipper Commander Howard Walter Gilmore had willingly sacrificed his life to save the USS Growler and its crew. Now, he would posthumously become the first WWII submariner to receive the Medal of Honor.
May 5, 2022 · How the USS Growler’s Heroic Commander Died Saving His Men. Howard W. Gilmore's final act of bravery aboard the World War II submarine required the ultimate sacrifice. A drawing by artist Fred Freeman, who served in the navy during the war, depicts the sinking of the USS Growler.
From May 1960 through December 1963 USS Growler (SSG-577) had made nine such deterrent mission patrols, one of which, the fourth, terminated at Yokosuka, Japan, on 24 April 1962, as the Navy...
