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Growler (SSG-577)

Grayback Class Submarine: Laid down, 15 February 1955, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 5 April 1958; Commissioned, USS Growler (SSG-577), 30 August 1958; Decommissioned, 25 May 1964, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA.; Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Mare Island Group; Struck from the Naval Register, 30 September 1980; Final Disposition, on permanent display, 29 September 1988, as a museum ship, Intrepid Park, New York, NY.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced, 2,670 t. Submerged, 3,650; Length 317'; Beam 25'; Test Depth 700': Complement 9 Officers, 75 Enlisted; Armament, four Regulus I missiles, or two Regulus II missiles, or two Regulus Is and one Regulus II, six 21" torpedo tubes, one Regulus launcher; Propulsion, diesel-electric, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
1.2k	The Growler (SSG-577) slides down the launching ways on 5 April 1958 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME.	USN photo # USN 1039790, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 09/11/11.
172k	Stern view of the Growler (SSG-577) on 28 November 1958.	USN photo # USN 1039790, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 09/11/11.
226k	Growler (SSG-577), cut out detailing her Regulus missle and launcher guise, circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
241k	Growler (SSG-577) looking over her bulbious missle hanger, underway, with a Regulus missle in the launcher pod. Circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
17k	Growler (SSG-577) launching a Regulus missle at sea, circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
43k	Growler (SSG-577) with a Regulus missle and launcher appearing in front of the sail, circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
177k	Growler (SSG-577) with a Regulus missle and launcher appearing in front of the sail, circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
170k	Growler (SSG-577) in her Regulus missle and launcher guise, circa 1959-60.	Courtesy of Nick Spark.
25k	Port side view of the Growler (SSG-577), underway, circa 1958-64.	Courtesy of goatlocker.org.
76k	Grayback (SSG-574) and Growler (SSG-577) alongside each other at Mare Island shortly before both boats were decommissioned on 25 May 1964 and were placed in reserve.	Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Photo i.d. courtesy of Darrly Baker.
497k	Grayback (SSG-574) and Growler (SSG-577) alongside each other.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. Photo added 09/11/11.
1.3m	Regulus Deterrent Patrols by the following submarines from Sept. 1959 to July 1964: Tunny (SSG-282), Barbero (SSG-317), Grayback (SS-574), Growler (SSG-577),& Halibut (SSGN-587).	Photograph courtesy of Ron Phillipi.
464k	First of three photos of a transfer at sea between the Growler (SSG-577) to Barbero (SSG-317), circa 1959-60.	Photograph courtesy of Ron Phillipi.
545k	Second of three photos of a transfer at sea between the Growler (SSG-577) to Barbero (SSG-317), circa 1959-60.	Photograph courtesy of Ron Phillipi.
533k	Third of three photos of a transfer at sea between the Growler (SSG-577) to Barbero (SSG-317), circa 1959-60.	Photograph courtesy of Ron Phillipi.
71k	Oil on canvas by the artist John Meeks entitled Growler (SSG-577).	Photo & text courtesy of subart.net.
94k	Growler (SSG-577), underway, port side view, circa early 60's.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
80k	The Tugboat Hackensack YTM pushing the Ex-Growler (SSG-577) up to the Intrepid Museum in 1988. Fresh from the refit at Tampa Ship.	Photo courtesy US Navy, ussnewyork.com. & subpride via Scott Koen.
248k	The Tugboat *Hackensack* pushing the Ex-Growler (SSG-577) up to the Intrepid Museum in 1988. Fresh from the refit at Tampa Ship.	Photo courtesy US Navy, ussnewyork.com. & subpride via Scott Koen.
83k	Ship Dry Dock flooding.	Photos courtesy US Navy, ussnewyork.com. & subpride via Scott Koen.
378k	Intrepid Museum complex 1996; Intrepid (CVA-11), Growler (SSG-577), *Slater, Edson, Tamaroa, Nantucket, Hackensack*.	USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
79k	Growler (SSG-577), at Intrepid Park, New York, circa post 1988.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
131k	Growler (SSG-577) control room passageway, circa post 1988.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
78k	Growler (SSG-577) forward torpedo room, circa post 1988.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
266k	Growler (SSG-577) and the Intrepid (CV-11) moored at N.Y. City harbor, 2006.	Photo courtesy of Michael Carey.
80k	The Growler (SSG-577) being tugged up the East River 25 Sept. 2009, on its way to GMD Shipyard Corp. facilities at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The *Growler* is in dry dock for a hull scrape, some minor exterior repairs and a full, historically accurate paint job that will see the sides painted grey and the top painted black.	Photo courtesy of Jen Carlson & gothamist.com via thesubreport.com.

View the Growler (SSG-577)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Regulus; U.S. Navy's first nuclear missile submarines.
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