GC7H76E Unknown Cache USS Growler
Type: Mystery | Size: Small Small | Difficulty: 3 out of 5 | Terrain: 2.5 out of 5
By: screechybird @ | Hide Date: 01/14/2018 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N40° 16.003 W105° 09.383 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Takes less than an hour  Scenic view  Available during winter  Bicycles  Stealth required 
Not at listed coords.

3rd in WWII Submarine Series.

N40 AB.CDE W105 FG.HJK

Growler’s first patrol was from June 29 - July A7, 1942.

B days into her first patrol, Growler hit C destroyers with torpedoes.

Growler sank D more ships after the destroyers on her 1st patrol.

Growler sank the 10,3EF supply ship Kashino on September 4, 1942.

Growler returned from her 2nd patrol on G/30/1942.

Growler’s complement was H officers, 54 enlisted.

Growler had J forward torpedo tubes.

Growler’s commander, Walter Gilmore  sacrificed his life so his boat could get away from an attacking gunboat on Growler’s Kth patrol.

You may want to bring a crescent wrench to open the cache.

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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/22/2019 By Barasaur
Able to grab this cache today while in the area. TFTC

(12322)

Found it 06/15/2019 By icezebra11
Like a few weeks ago when Angel and I found USS Grouper, we had to do an errand on the west side of Loveland today and then took a drive in the country. We stopped and made a quick find on this cache while we were in the neighborhood. Like others have noted, the coordinates are off quite a ways but the clue saved the day. Thanks for the cache screechybird!!!

Found it 12/15/2018 By Sqweeter
Nice series for these puzzles. Cool idea for a container. Out with jasperdakota, nerak2001 & Roc Buff. THTH SL

Found it 12/15/2018 By nerak2001
Always fun to read more about the history of our Navy ships. Found while caching with jasperdakota, Roc Buff, and Sqweeter north of Denver. Thanks for the opportunity to enjoy both the solving and the finding!

Found it 12/15/2018 By jasperdakota
Caching up north today with Nerak2001, Sqweeter and Roc Buff. Thanks for the fun puzzle cache! Solved the puzzle last January, just now getting to the cache. SL.

Found it 08/13/2018 By BugRanger
Found on my way to the CITO event in Berthoud. Coords slightly off, but the hint served well. Watch traffic here! Glad I'd been doing cache maintenance lately, still had a good TOTT in the car. Fun container. TFTC!

Found it 07/10/2018 By EstesLynne
Yes, at first we were looking quite a ways from GZ despite knowing we had the right coordinates. The hint gave it away, though, and we soon had CIH. We had brought crescent wrenches as suggested, but didn't really need them on any of the submarines today. Very cute containers that made us glad we did the series. Out caching with GanderGoose to find some hidden caches and get some hidden creatures souvenirs. TFTC!

Found it 07/10/2018 By GanderGoose
EstesLynne and I had a grand caching adventure today in the Berthoud area. This was the last submarine in the series. Thanks for the history and placement, screechybird!

Found it 04/05/2018 By Lord Mike
Quick find and sign although gps had me off a bit. Thanks.

Found it 04/05/2018 By Miles ToGeo
The last one in the series. A fun series to solve and to find. A fun container at the final.