Tamaroa is now Zuni Tamaroa

[Tamaroa]

Hey Everybody, well after what seems like an eternity away, I'm actually able to free up some time to start hittting the internet again. Its been a while since I've been here. Somewhat job related but also still struggling to save that old rust bucket I served on, the USCGC Tamaroa.

We had to make a major concession though. Try as we might, we could not get people interested in restoring the Tamaroa. Everywhere we went all people wanted to hear about was her Navy career. It was somewhat disconcerting to us Coast Guard crewmembers of the old girl. But in the end, in order to restore her, in September, we decided to restore her officially to her 1944 Navy colors and she is to be henceforth known as the M/V Zuni-Tamaroa. Our new website is www.zunimaritime.com and our website that archives our old newsletters is www.zuninews.4t.com. The website is under reconstruction so it might be a little jumbled for a couple of weeks.

The odd thing and sad in a way is that as soon as we made Zuni the prominent part of her name, things started to fall into place. We finally were able to tow her out of Baltimore and she is now much closer to her home port being presently berthed in Newport News Virginia.

Our first goal other than to get her into dry dock is to attend the 2009 Fleet Week ceremonies in New York City. One thing that not a lot of people know is that the Zuni-Tamaroa is the LAST SURVIVING warship that fought at IWO JIMA. So if any of you want to lend a hand if you live in the Virginia Beach area she is anchored at McAllister's Yards in Newport News or you can send us a few bucks to help restore her. I will post a few photos of what we've been doing as time goes by.

Best Regards,

Bill D.