Rollin Gourzong left home at the tender age of 19 years old to go to sea like many others his age. Rollin's decision was two folded. First, he wanted a better life for his parents and secondly he wanted to be able to send his sister to college. For seven(7) years Rollin sailed the high seas. Rollin started out as a Mess Man peeling potatoes and washing dishes to becoming a Oiler . Cleaning up in the engine room and finally becoming an engineer keeping the two ships he worked on, running .
Rollin sailed on the Imperial Ottowa and the Imperial St. Lawrence.
Rollin Gourzong left home at the tender age of 19 years old to go to sea like many others his age. Rollin's decision was two folded. First, he wanted a better life for his parents and secondly he wanted to be able to send his sister to college. For seven(7) years Rollin sailed the high seas. Rollin started out as a Mess Man peeling potatoes and washing dishes to becoming a Oiler . Cleaning up in the engine room and finally becoming an engineer keeping the two ships he worked on, running .
Rollin sailed on the Imperial Ottowa and the Imperial St. Lawrence.