USS Cherokee (1859)

History
United States
NamesakeCherokee Tribe
Laid down1859
Acquired1864
CommissionedApril 1864
Decommissioned1865
RenamedAncud
FateWrecked 1889
Chile
NameAncud
NamesakeShip Ancud (1843)
OperatorChilean Navy
Commissioned1865
Decommissioned1878
FateSunk near Chiloé, on 25 August 1889
General characteristics
Displacement606 ton
Length194.5 ft (59.3 m)
Beam25 ft (7.6 m)
Draught11.5 ft (3.5 m)
Speed13 kt
Complement92
Armour2 × 20-pdr. r., 4 × 24-pdr. sb.

The USS Cherokee was a 606-ton screw steam gunboat in the US Navy during the American Civil War ship. The ship later served in the Chilean Navy.