Talk:USCGC Mendota (WHEC-69)/@comment-146.168.2.5-20191209210123

Joined the Coast Guard in July 1964, first duty station was the Wytm HUDSON berkly Va. 6 months later I went b to the great lakes to M M school 16 weeks later I went to the WHEC 69 MENDOTA. MADE 3RD CLASS PO AND WAS TO RUN THE MAXUM DOUBLE EFFECT DISTILLING PLANT. dUTY ON THE MENDOTA WAS GREAT, WE GOT TO GO TO aRGENTIA newfound MANY TIMES,NEVER SAW THE SUN SHINE THERE. OTHER PLACES WE VISITED ARE Bermuda ON RESERVE CRUISES, cuba FOR TRAINING, JAMICA,u, u. s. VIRGIN ISLANDS. ENDED ENLISTMENT IN JUNE 1968. iN 1974 GOT A MASTER LISCENSE,sailed on it for 33 years.