{"id":23597,"date":"2019-06-21T22:32:03","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T22:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/21\/next-rescue-ship-dubbed-cherokee-nation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:24:19","slug":"next-rescue-ship-dubbed-cherokee-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/21\/next-rescue-ship-dubbed-cherokee-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Next rescue ship dubbed \u2018Cherokee Nation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 One of the U.S. Navy\u2019s newest towing, rescue and salvage ships is being named the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cherokee.org\/\" target=_blank>Cherokee Nation<\/a>\u201d to honor the service and contributions the Cherokee people have made to the Navy and Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer announced Friday that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/research\/stocks\/private\/snapshot.asp?privcapid=367892548\" target=_blank> Gulf Island Shipyards <\/a>has been awarded a $64.8 million contract to build the vessel, scheduled for completion by 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/06\/19\/navy-to-christen-new-destroyer-honoring-hawaii-hero-statesman\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Inouye2.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy to christen new destroyer honoring Hawaii hero, statesman<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The late Sen. Daniel Inouye received the Medal of Honor for his battlefield bravery during World War II while serving with the mostly Japanese-American 442nd Regimental Combat Team.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy says the contract includes an option for six additional vessels, each to be named in honor of a prominent Native American or tribe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy officials say it\u2019s the fifth U.S. ship to be named in honor of the Cherokee people and the first since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.navy.mil\/content\/history\/nhhc\/research\/histories\/ship-histories\/danfs\/c\/cherokee-iv.html\" target=_blank>a World War II-era tugboat<\/a> dubbed the Cherokee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1020\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugboat-cherokee.jpeg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugboat-cherokee.jpeg.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugboat-cherokee.jpeg.jpg?resize=300,239 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugboat-cherokee.jpeg.jpg?resize=768,612 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Tugboat-cherokee.jpeg.jpg?resize=1024,816 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tugboat Cherokee (AT-66) at anchor. (A gift of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection, now in the collections of U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Navy Times editor\u2019s note: <\/b>Based on existing commercial towing designs, Cherokee is being built to replace the Powhatan-class fleet ocean tugs (T-ATF 166) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navy.mil\/navydata\/fact_display.asp?cid=4625&#038;tid=150&#038;ct=4\" target=_blank>two rescue and salvage ships<\/a> Grasp (Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea) and Salvor (Pacific Ocean) operated by U.S. Military Sealift Command. Cherokee Nation is the second vessel in its class (T-ATS 7). Workers will build the vessel in Houma, Louisiana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his prepared remarks, Navy Secretary Spencer lauded the many Cherokee Nation citizens who\u2019ve served in uniform and predicted that the new vessel \u201cwill expand our capabilities and form a critical backbone for the strength and readiness of the entire fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker praised the Navy for recognizing the generations of Cherokee men and women who \u201cbravely and humbly sacrificed for our freedom today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur Cherokee people have contributed in every major battle and war ever fought in this country, and continue to serve in the armed forces in some of the highest rates per ethnicity. Cherokees are a strong, resilient people and we are privileged to have a U.S. ship at sea that reflects both our country and tribe\u2019s history and values.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"874\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Williams-James.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Williams-James.JPG.jpg 709w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Williams-James.JPG.jpg?resize=243,300 243w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In 1966, South Carolina Cherokee Boatswain\u2019s Mate 1st Class James E. Williams killed an unknown number of Viet Cong guerrillas while destroying 65 vessels and disrupting their logistic operation in South Vietnam\u2019s Mekong Delta. 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