Two ships of the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency...

 have been named USCGC Tamaroa, ultimately after the Tamaroa

Tamaroa (tribe)

The Tamaroa were a Native American tribe in the central Mississippi River valley of North America, and a member of the Illiniwek or Illinois Confederacy of twelve to thirteen tribes....

 tribe of the Illiniwek

Illiniwek

The Illinois Confederation, sometimes referred to as the Illiniwek or Illini, were a group of twelve to thirteen Native American tribes in the upper Mississippi River valley of North America...

 tribal group.

• USCGC Tamaroa (1921) was originally the 869-ton steam-powered United States Shipping Board
  United States Shipping Board
  The United States Shipping Board was established as an emergency agency by the Shipping Act , 7 September 1916. It was formally organized 30 January 1917. It was sometimes referred to as the War Shipping Board.http://www.gwpda.org/wwi-www/Hurley/bridgeTC.htm | The Bridge To France by Edward N....
  
   tug Bartolme. She was acquired by the Coast Guard in 1921, renamed Tamaroa after Tamaroa, Illinois
  Tamaroa, Illinois
  Tamaroa is a village in Perry County, Illinois, United States. The population was 740 at the 2000 census. Tamaroa is named after the Tamaroa, an Illiniwek people.-Geography:Tamaroa is located at ....
  
  , and commissioned in 1922. She remained in service until 1935.

, originally the U.S. Navy salvage tug

Salvage tug

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 USS Zuni

USS Zuni (ATF-95)

USS Zuni , a Navajo-class Fleet tugboat, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the Zuni, the popular name given to a tribe of Pueblo Indians indigenous to the area around the Zuni River in central New Mexico near the Arizona state line.Zuni was laid down on 8 March 1943 at Portland,...

 (ATF-95), was launched in 1935 and transferred to the Coast Guard in 1946. Best known for a rescue conducted during the 1991 Perfect Storm, Tamaroa was decommissioned in 1994. As of 2007, she is undergoing restoration as a museum ship

Museum ship

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