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USS Chippewa
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USS Chippewa has been the name of four commissioned ships (and one non commissioned) in the United States Navy. They are named after the Chippewa Indians, and a battle in the War of 1812.
- USS Chippewa (1813) was a schooner captured from British forces which later burned the ship in the same year.
- Construction of a 74-gun ship of the line named Chippewa began at the Navy Yard, Sacketts Harbor, New York, after the signing of a contract 15 December 1814, but the ship was never launched. Uncompleted, the ship was sold 1 November 1833.
- USS Chippewa (1815) was a brig under the direction of Commodore Oliver Perry. The ship ran aground on an uncharted reef in the Bahamas and sank 12 December 1816.
- USS Chippewa (1861) was a wooden screw steamer gunboat launched in 1861 and active in the American Civil War, then sold in 1865.
- USS Chippewa (AT-69) was an ocean tug commissioned 1943 and decommissioned 1947, and sunk in 1990 in Florida to serve as an artificial reef.
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.