From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Cheyenne
A warlike Algonquian tribe of Indians formerly roving between the Arkansas
and Missouri rivers. Several cities and counties in the United States
are named Cheyenne.
The name Cheyenne was assigned to CL-117, but the contract with
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va, was canceled
12 August 1945.