Several ships of the Chilean Navy have been named O'Higgins after Bernardo O'Higgins Chilean independence leaderChilean frigate O'Higgins (1816) Chilean corvette O'Higgins Chilean cruiser O'Higgins (1897) was an armored cruiser that served from 1898 until 1933. Chilean cruiser O'Higgins (CL-02) was the former USS Brooklyn sold by the United States to Chile in 1951, and served until 1992. Chilean submarine O'Higgins