During a cold night in January 1943, USS Growler, a Gator-class submarine, prowled the Pacific in search of prey under the command of Commander Howard W. Gilmore. The submarine had already earned a ...

An EA-18G of VAQ-136 was also damaged in the F-35C crash on USS Carl Vinson in South China Sea, the U.S. Navy says. As we have reported in detail, an F-35C of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 crashed ...

With the Battle of Midway raging in the Pacific in June 1942, Japanese forces 2,500 miles to the north were seizing control of the Aleutian Islands of Kiska and Attu. Their aim was clear: Distract ...

Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War. The submarine is now an attraction at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. The USS Growler was once a ...

Missoula resident Jack Roderick, right, served in the U.S. Navy aboard USS Growler in 1960 and 1961. The Growler was one of four conventional diesel-electric submarines in the Navy’s early attempt to ...

The Growler was seen launching from the USS Truman aircraft carrier with a heavy payload of four AGM-88E AARGM missiles and without the ALQ-99 TJS. In a rare configuration, reflecting the complexity ...

Prior to Memorial Day, I toured the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum in New York City, and was intrigued by submarine duty. I visited The USS Growler (SSG-577), a cruise missile submarine launched in ...

Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War. The submarine is now an attraction at the Intrepid Museum in New York City. The USS Growler was once a ...