17 August 1960, she patrolled the Acapulco Yacht Race. From 20 August to 3 September 1960, she served on a reserve training cruise. On 19 October 1959, she rescued three from the ketch Alpha at 30°21’N, 117°56’W. On 22 January 1961, she medevaced a patient from USNS Richfield. On 30 April 1963, Pontchartrain assisted the disabled FV Gaga 10 miles east of San Nicolas Island. Vietnam war Pontchartrain was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three, South Vietnam, from 31 March to 9 November 1970.http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/1000-1999/CIM_1650_25D.pdf Decommissioning Pontchartrain was decommissioned on 19 October 1973. She was scrapped with the rest of the Owasco class in 1974. Footnotes References Pontchartrain WHEC-69, United States' Coast Guard website. photo, United States' Coast Guard website. Scheina, Robert L.: U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1981, pp. 1–3. Scheina, Robert L.: U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990 Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990, pp. 18–26. Owasco-class cutters Ships of the United States Coast Guard Vietnam War patrol vessels of the United States Ships built by the United States Coast Guard Yard 1944 ships