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205' US COAST GUARD MEDIUM ENDURANCE CUTTER TAMAROA, (WMEC 166), BUILDER:
COMMERCIAL IRON WORKS, PORTLAND, OR, LAUNCHED: 10/9/42 AS THE NAVY VESSEL
USS ZUNI, DECOMISSIONED: 2/1/94, LENGTH: 205'3", NAVIGATION DRAFT: 16'10M,
BEAM: 38', DISPLACEMENT: 1641 TONS, PROPULSION: DIESEL- ELECTRIC - 4 GENERAL
MOTORS MODEL 12-278 DIESELS, SHAFT HORSEPOWER: 3,010, MAXIMUM SPEED: 16.1
KNOTS ECONOMICAL SPEED: 8.0 KNOTS, SCREW: SINGLE, FOUR- BLADED, FUEL
CAPACITY: 66,363, WATER CAPACITY: 27,105 GALLONS, ENDURANCE @ 8 KNOTS:
15,000 NAUTICAL MILES, COMPLEMENT (1990): 10 OFFICERS, 74 ENLISTED
PERSONNEL, ARMAMENT (1990): 13"/50, THE "TAMAROA" WAS ORIGINALLY THE U.S.
NAVY COMMISSIONED VESSEL USS "ZUNI," A 205' SALVAGE TUG. AS THE "ZUNI," SHE
SAW DUTY IN HAWAII AND PEARL HARBOR DURING WORLD WAR 88. SHE ALSO PARTICI
PATED BRIEFLY AT THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN THE JULY 24 ASSULT ON TINIAN. THREE
DAYS AFTER THE INITIAL ALLIED ASSULT ON IWO JIMA, THE "ZUNI" ARRIVED TO
ASSIST THE INVASION EFFORT. SHE WAS THERE FOR 31 DAYS. HER PRIMARY TASKS
CONSISTED OF ASSISTING LSTS, LSMS, AND LCIS TO BEACH AND RETRACT DURING THE
INVASION OF IWO JIMA AND LAYING SUBMERGED FUEL LINES. IN 1946, AFTER EARNING
FOUR BETTLE STARS, THE "ZUNI" WAS DECOMMISSIONED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE
COAST GUARD. ON MARCH 25, 1947, SHE WAS COMMISSIONED INTO THE COAST GUARD AS
THE "TAMAROA." UPON ENTRY INTO THE COAST GUARD SERVICE, "TAMAROA" WAS
STATIONED AT NEW YORK, AND REMAINED STATIONED THERE UNTIL 1985. FROM 1947
UNTIL 1966, "TAMAROA" WAS HOMEPORTED AT THE FORMER ST GEORGE COAST GUARD
BASE, STATEN ISLAND. IN 1966, THE COAST GUARD MOVED THE TAMAROA' OVER TO ITS
BASE AT GOVERNORS ISLAND, NEW YORK, WHERE IT REMIANED UNTIL 1985. ON JULY
23, 1985, THE COAST GUARD ASSIGNED THE "TAMAROA' TO A NEW HOMEPORT OF NEW
CASTLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ON THE PISCATAQUA RIVER, PORTSMOUTH HARBOR.
THROUGHOUT ITS CAREER IN THE COAST GUARD, THE PRIMARY MISSION OF "TAMAROA"
WERE SEARCH AND RESCUE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES. WHICE THERE HAVE BEEN
MANY SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS OF THE "TAMAROA," THE MOST NOTEWORTHY ONES
WERE THAT THE "TAMAROA" WAS THE FIRST COAST GUARD VESSEL TO ARRIVE AT THE
SITE OF THE COLLISION OF THE SS "STOCKHOLM" AND THE SS "ANDREA DORIA" OFF
NANTUCKET ISNALD IN JANUARY 1967. THE MOST FAMOUS ONE, HOWEVER, WAS IN
OCTOBER 1991. DURING THE SO CALLED "NO NAME STORM OF HALLOWEEN, 1991,"
IMMORTALIZED IN THE BOOK "THE PERFECT STORM" BY SABASTIAN JUNGER. THE
"TAMAROA" RESCUED THREE PERSONS FROM THE SAILBOAT "SATORI" 75 MILES OFF
NANTUCKET ISLAND. SEAS BUILT IN 40' IN 80-KNOT WINDS. WITH THAT ORDEAL OVER,
SHE WAS AGAIN FIGHTING HEAVY SEAS TO RESCUE THE CREW OF A DOWNED NEW YORK
AIR NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTER, WHICH HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL ON A SIMILAR RESCUE
MISSION. THE "TAMAROA" RESCUED FOUR AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, AN ACT WHICH
EARNED THE CUTTER THE COAST GUARD FOUNDATION AWARD. THERE ARE NO ASBESTOS,
PCBS, OR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON THE VESSEL THE VESSEL IS IN ROUGH CONDITION.
ENGINES, GENERATORS, MECHANICS OF THE VESSEL ALL NEED SIGNIFICANT REPAIRS,
NO RADIOLOGICAL MATERIAL ABOARD, PLANT CONDITION: CRACK IN SCREW, #1 AND #2
MAIN PROPULSION GENERATORS, BOTH CASREPED, THE VESSEL IS IN ROUGH CONDITION,
*****INSPECTION BY APPOINTMENT ONLY***** INSPECTION PERIOD: TUESDAY, MARCH
20TH, THURSDAY, MARCH 22ND, AND FRIDAY, MARCH 23RD. APPOINTMENTS ONLY
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10AM AND 2PM. APOINTMENT REQUIRE 24 HOURS ADVANCE
NOTICE POINT OF CONTACT TO INSPECT: ROBERT JOHNSEN, (212) 264-6279 POINT OF
CONTACT FOR OTHER QUESTION: MARK BRANTLEY, (334) 441-6144 PAYMENT MUST BE
MADE WITHIN 48 HOURS OF NOTIFICATION OF AWARD REMOVAL MUST BE MADE WITHIN 7
DAYS AFTER PAYMENT
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