USS Zuni

USS Zuni (ATF-95) on Yellow Beach, Iwo Jima, 23 March 1945, assisting USS LST-944 in beaching, later became USCGC Tamaroa (WMEC-166)
History
United States
Name	USS Zuni
Builder	Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon
Laid down	8 March 1943
Launched	31 July 1943
Commissioned	9 October 1943
Decommissioned	29 June 1946
Stricken	19 July 1946
Identification	ATF-95
Nickname(s)	“The Mighty Z”
Fate	Transferred to United States Coast Guard
United States
Name	USCGC Tamaroa (WAT-166) (1946 - 1956) USCGC Tamaroa (WATF-166) (1956 - 1966) USCGC Tamaroa (WMEC-166)
Commissioned	29 June 1946
Decommissioned	1 February 1994
Fate	Sunk as an artificial reef, 2017
General characteristics
Class and type	Navajo-class fleet tug
Displacement	1,731 long tons (1,759 t)
Length	205 ft 6 in (62.64 m)
Beam	39 ft 3.25 in (11.9698 m)
Draft	18 ft (5.5 m)
Propulsion	4 × General Motors model 12-278 diesels with diesel-electric drive: 3,010 shp (2,240 kW)
Speed	16.1 kn (29.8 km/h; 18.5 mph) maximum 8.0 kn (14.8 km/h; 9.2 mph) economical
Range	15,000 nmi (28,000 km; 17,000 mi) at 8 kn (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) (1990)
Complement	10 officers, 74 enlisted (1990)
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: SPN-25 (1961); no sonar.
Armament	WWII: 1 × 3 in (76 mm) caliber gun 2 × twin 40 mm guns 2 × 20 mm guns 1990: 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun

USS Zuni (AT/ATF-95), a Cherokee-class fleet tugboat, formerly called Navajo class, 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 (AT-95) was laid down on 8 March 1943 at Portland, Oregon, by the Commercial Iron Works; launched on 31 July 1943; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. O'Donnell; and commissioned on 9 October 1943.