Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons ...

Not our idea, of fun and good cheers, but doing our job to ensure many New Years. These lines, written by Lt. (j.g.) Bruce ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

An E/A-18G Growler aircraft, attached to the “Zappers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130, takes off from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Red ...

The USS Growler is the only nuclear missile submarine in the US that's open to the public. Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War. The ...

But it was the following day that saw the combat debut of two names destined for submariner immortality: The USS Growler and its skipper, Cmdr. Howard Gilmore. Howard W. Gilmore was born in Selma ...

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 ...