List of ships named Cherokee

A number of ships have been named Cherokee, after the Native American tribe, including:

United States Navy

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

Royal Navy

Merchant ships

Citations

  1. "Cherokee II (No. 1104)". DANFS. US Navy: Naval History and Heritage Command Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  2. Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 172. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
  3. Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
  4. Lloyd's Register of Ships, 1942-1943 (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1942. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "SS Cherokee". Wrecksite. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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