Keywords: USS Mullinnix (DD-944) and Venezuelan destroyer ARV Zulia (D-21) leave the Naval Station Trinidad on 12 November 1962.jpg Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 The U S Navy destroyer USS Mullinnix DD-944 and the Venezuelan destroyer ARV Zulia D-21 leave the U S Naval Station Trinidad on the first mission of the joint US-Latin American quarantine task force on 12 November 1962 Mullinnix was the force flagship Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/USN-1063000/USN-1063363 html USN 1063363 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1961-11-12 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Mullinnix DD-944 Nueva Esparta Class Destroyers Cuban Missile Crisis |