Washtucna (chief)
Washtucna was a Native American chief of the Palus tribe.
The town of Washtucna, Washington, and the United States Navy tug USS Washtucna (YTB-826) (later YT-801), in service 1973–1997 and since 2008, are named for him.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. (ship namesake paragraph)
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- Native American leaders
- Interior Salish
- Indigenous peoples of North America biography stubs