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Return to Naval Historical Center homepagePocahontas
An Algonquin princess, daughter of Powhatan, who saved Capt. John Smith’s life while he was a prisoner of her father’s warriors. She subsequently married John Rolfe and died in England in 1617. Counties in Iowa and West Virginia and towns in Arkansas, Iowa, and Virginia are named for Pocahontas.
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Tug Pocahontas was renamed Chemung (q.v.) 1 September 1917.