Printed newspaper clipping for the Mare Island Grapevine dated April 3, 1964 with headline "Gra…

Jack Gabler

BiographyJack Gabler, who is from South Dakota, served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 until 1966. He served on board the submarine USS Growler (SSG-577) as a sonarman third class, SO3, from June 1963 through April 1964, just before the submarine was decommissioned. When he first came on board Growler, he worked as a mess cook.

After Growler, Gabler served on board USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), a Polaris missile submarine. After his time in the Navy, Gabler attended college and worked in accounting.

Gabler has participated in the Intrepid Museum's oral history project (OHP.142).

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