Four ships of the United States Navy have been named Cherokee, after the Cherokee Native American tribe.

  • USS Cherokee (1859), was a blockade gunboat during the American Civil War.
  • USS Cherokee (SP-1104), was a steam yacht built in 1903 and commissioned as a patrol ship in the Atlantic during World War I.[1]
  • USS Cherokee (SP-458), was built in 1891 but commissioned as a tug during World War I.
  • USS Cherokee (AT-66), was a World War II era tug.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Cherokee II (No. 1104)". DANFS. US Navy: Naval History and Heritage Command Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
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