List of museum ships in North America
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This list of museum ships in North America is a list of notable museum ships located in the continent of North America and it may include ones in overseas parts of Canada and the United States. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly, but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable boats or dugout canoes or the like. This does not include submarines; see List of submarine museums for those. This includes ships formerly serving as museums or preserved at museums, as well as current ones. This includes ships on static display or floating and sometimes used for excursions. It includes only genuine historic ships; replica ships, some associated with museums, are listed separately in the List of ship replicas.
Some historic ships actively used for excursions, and not previously or currently associated with museums, are included in the list of classic vessels. For shipwrecks that may be visited by diving, including some perhaps associated with museums, see List of shipwrecks.
- Ships whose coordinates are included below may be seen together in map accessed by clicking on "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.
Canada
- Former
| Ship | Image | Preservation location | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Whalen[22] | Thunder Bay | 1906 | Tugboat | Scrapped in 2025[23] | |||
| SS Norisle[24] | Assiginack | 1946 | Ferry | Scrapped at Port Colborne. | |||
| MS Norgoma[25] | Sault Ste. Marie | 1950 | Ferry | Awaiting scrapping at Sault Ste Marie. | |||
Cuba
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granma[26] | 1943 |
Cabin cruiser | Memorial Granma, Havana, Cuba 23.14083°N 82.35694°W |
Transported Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956. | ||
Mexico
- Former
| Ship | Image | Preservation location | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARM Durango[27] | Mazatlán, Sinaloa | 1935 |
Gunboat | Scrapped in 2009. | |||
| ARM Guanajuato[28][29] | Boca del Río, Veracruz 19.10045°N 96.10423°W |
1934 |
Gunboat | Scrapped in 2023. | |||
United States
- See also List of museum ships of the United States military, which is organized by military service and includes museum ships "of" the United States preserved in other nations.
Alabama
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Alabama
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Alabama[30] | 1942 |
Battleship | Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama 30.68178°N 88.01448°W |
Battleship which served in the North Atlantic then in the Pacific, including bombardments of Okinawa and the Japanese mainland. | ||
| Montgomery[31] | 1925 |
Snagboat | Tom Bevill Lock and Dam Visitor Center, Pickensville, Alabama 33.21222°N 88.28611°W |
Steam-powered sternwheel-propelled US Army Corps of Engineers' ship which cleared obstructions in navigable rivers of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida until 1982. | ||
Alaska
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libby's No. 23[32] | 1914 |
Sailboat | Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska 60°11′51″N 154°19′20″W |
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| Nenana[33] | 1933 |
Sternwheeler | Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska | |||
| Chugach | 1926 |
Wooden Motor Vessel | Wrangell Museum, Wrangell, Alaska | |||
Arkansas
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Arkansas
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoga[34] | 1940 |
District harbor tug | Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, Arkansas 34.75227°N 92.26688°W |
Pearl Harbor participant | ||
California
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least six in California
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caritas | United States | California | Smith River | Germany |
1925 | Patrol yacht | Closed in 2012. | Remains in the same spot as of 2021. |
| Ningpo[65] | United States | California | Catalina Harbor | China |
1753 | Junk | Burned in 1938. | |
| Wapama | United States | California | Richmond | United States | 1915 | Steam schooner | Scrapped in 2015. | |
Connecticut
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least six in Connecticut
Florida
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Florida
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS American Victory[81] | 1945 |
Cargo ship | American Victory Ship & Museum, Tampa, Florida 27.94389°N 82.44417°W |
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| Deep Diver[82] | 1966 |
Research submersible | Marine Sciences Center, Fort Pierce, Florida | |||
| USCGC Ingham[83] | 1936 |
Cutter | Key West, Florida 24.55225°N 81.807694°W |
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| USS Orleck[84] | 1945 |
Destroyer | Jacksonville, Florida 30.32393°N 81.65659°W |
Served in the US Navy from 1945 to 1982, sold to Turkey and renamed Yücetepe (D 345). Museum ship in Texas from 2000 until she was transferred to Jacksonville in 2022. | ||
| PTF 3[85] | 1962 |
Fast patrol boat | DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, DeLand, Florida | |||
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington[86] | United States | Florida | Palm Beach | 1933 | Tugboat | Scrapped in 2010. |
Georgia
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Georgia
Hawaii
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Hawaii
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Missouri[87] | 1944 |
Battleship | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 21.36222°N 157.95333°W |
Received Japanese surrender in 1945 | ||
- Former
| Ship | Image | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthaginian | United States | Hawaii | Lahaina, Hawaii | Denmark |
1921 | Schooner | Ran aground in 1972, later scrapped. | ||
| Carthaginian II | United States | Hawaii | Lahaina, Hawaii | Sweden |
1920 | Schooner | Sunk as an artificial reef in 2005. | ||
| Falls of Clyde | United States | Hawaii | Honolulu, Hawaii 21.30569°N 157.865°W |
1878 | Oil tanker clipper ship | Scuttled on 15 October 2025.[88] | |||
Idaho
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Idaho
Illinois
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Illinois
Indiana
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Indiana
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS LST-325[89] | 1942 |
Landing Ship, Tank | Evansville, Indiana 37.97288°N 87.58042°W |
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Iowa
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George M. Verity[90] | 1927 |
Towboat | Keokuk, Iowa 40.39039°N 91.37986°W |
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| Lone Star | 1868 |
Towboat | Buffalo Bill Museum, LeClaire, Iowa | |||
| Sergeant Floyd[91] | 1932 |
Towboat | Sioux City Public Museum, Sioux City, Iowa 42.49117°N 96.41861°W |
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| William M. Black[92] | 1934 |
Dredger | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium, Dubuque, Iowa 42.49556°N 90.66222°W |
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Louisiana
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Louisiana
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Kidd[93] | 1943 |
Destroyer | USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 30.44431°N 91.19151°W |
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| PT-305[94] | 1943 |
PT Boat | The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana 30.04082°N 90.01317°W |
Operational | ||
Maine
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Maine
Maryland
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Maryland
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore[95] | 1906 |
Tugboat | Baltimore Museum of Industry, Maryland 39.27420°N 76.60136°W |
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| Chesapeake (LV116)[96] | 1930 |
Lightvessel | Historic Ships in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland | |||
| USS Constellation[97] | 1854 |
Sloop | U.S.S. Constellation Museum, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland 39.285528°N 76.611194°W |
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| SS John W. Brown[98] | 1942 |
Cargo ship | Canton Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 39.25972°N 76.55611°W |
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| NS Savannah[99] | 1959 |
Nuclear merchant ship | Canton Marine Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland 39.25847°N 76.55542°W |
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| USCGC Taney[100] | 1935 |
Cutter | Inner Harbor of Baltimore | Formerly USCGC Taney | ||
Massachusetts
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Massachusetts
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiddensee[110] | United States | Massachusetts | Fall River | East Germany |
1984 |
Corvette | Scrapped in October 2023. |
Michigan
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Michigan
- Former
| Ship | Image | Location of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Clark | Menominee, Michigan | United States |
1846 or 1847 | Schooner | Demolished in 1994 | Delisted from the National Register of Historic Places on June 10, 2020[122] | |
| USCGC Bramble[123] | Port Huron, Michigan | United States |
1943 | Cutter/Buoy tender | Scrapped in Gibson, Louisiana in 2023.[124] | Was a museum ship at Port Huron Museum from after 2003 decommissioning until closed to the public in 2011. | |
| USCGC McLane | Muskegon, Michigan | United States |
1927 | Cutter | Sold for scrap in 2025 | Was a museum ship at USS Silversides Museum from after 1993 to 2025. | |
Minnesota
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayfield[125] | 1953 |
Tugboat | Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center, Duluth, Minnesota 46.779852°N 92.09202°W |
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| Crusader II[126] | 1939 |
Fish tug | Knife River Heritage & Cultural Center, Knife River, Minnesota | |||
| SS William A. Irvin[127] | 1938 |
Lake freighter | Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, Duluth, Minnesota 46.78278°N 92.09722°W |
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- Former
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Superior[128] | 1943 |
Tugboat | Duluth, Minnesota 46.781874°N 92.096764°W |
Museum ship from 1996 to 2007. Sold off and remains unused in Duluth. | ||
| USCGC Sundew[129] | 1942 |
USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender | Duluth, Minnesota 46.77633°N 92.10444°W |
Sold to private owners in 2021 | ||
Mississippi
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Cairo[130] | 1862 |
Gunboat | Vicksburg National Military Park, Vicksburg, Mississippi 32.37583°N 90.86667°W |
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- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprague[131] | United States | Mississippi | Vicksburg | 1902 | Towboat | Destroyed by fire in 1974. | ||
Missouri
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Aries[132] | 1981 |
Hydrofoil | USS Aries PHM-5 Hydrofoil Memorial, Brunswick, Missouri 38.67083°N 91.55278°W |
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| H.T. Pott Towboat | 1933 | Towboat | National Museum of Transportation | first Missouri River towboat with a welded steel hull instead of a riveted hull. |
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Inaugural[133] | United States | Missouri | St. Louis | United States |
1944 | Minesweeper | Sank in the Great Flood of 1993. | Wreck remains visible as of 2021. |
Nebraska
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Nebraska
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Captain Meriwether Lewis[134] | 1931 |
Dredger | Museum of Missouri River History, Nebraska 40.39472°N 95.65056°W |
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| USS Hazard[135] | 1944 |
Minesweeper | Freedom Park, East Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska 41.27694°N 95.90167°W |
National Historic Landmark | ||
New Hampshire
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in New Hampshire
New Jersey
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least five in New Jersey
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS New Jersey [136] |
1942 |
Battleship | Camden, New Jersey 39.93917°N 75.13278°W |
NRHP (2004)[137] | ||
New Mexico
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in New Mexico
New York
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least three in New York
North Carolina
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSS Neuse[167] | 1864 |
Ironclad | CSS Neuse and Governor Caswell Memorial, 100 N. Queen St., Kinston, North Carolina[167] 35.26041°N 77.58144°W |
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| USS North Carolina[168] | 1940 |
Battleship | Wilmington, North Carolina 34°14′11″N 77°57′15″W |
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Ohio
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Ohio
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker[169] | 1911 |
Bulk freighter | National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, Ohio | |||
| Dorothea M. Geary[170] | 1915 |
Tugboat | Ashtabula Maritime & Surface Transportation Museum, Ashtabula, Ohio | |||
| Ohio[171] | 1903 |
Tugboat | National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, Ohio | |||
| PT-728[172] | 1945 |
PT boat | Liberty Aviation Museum, Port Clinton, Ohio | |||
| SS William G. Mather[173] | 1925 |
Bulk freighter | Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio 41.50931°N 81.69808°W |
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| W. P. Snyder Jr.[174] | 1918 |
Towboat | Ohio River Museum, Marietta, Ohio 39.42028°N 81.46333°W |
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- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Majestic | United States | Ohio | New Richmond | United States |
1923 |
Showboat | Closed in 2022 | Currently moored in Greenup, Kentucky |
Oklahoma
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Oklahoma
Oregon
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Oregon
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS LCI(L)-713[175] | 1944 |
Landing Craft Infantry | Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum, 1401 N Hayden Island Drive, Portland, Oregon 45°36′56″N 122°40′45″W |
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| Portland[176] | 1947 |
Steam tug | Oregon Maritime Museum, Portland, Oregon 45.52014°N 122.66977°W |
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| PT-658[177] | 1945 |
PT Boat | Portland, Oregon 45.570389°N 122.720444°W |
Operational | ||
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Oregon | United States | Oregon | Portland | United States |
1893 | Battleship | Preserved in Portland from 1925 to 1942. Stripped down to a barge in 1943. Scrapped in 1956. |
Some parts were preserved. |
| USS Banning | United States | Oregon | Hood River | United States |
1944 | Patrol craft | Museum ship at Hood River from 1961 to 1969. Returned to Navy custody in 1969. Sunk in 1973. |
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Pennsylvania
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Pennsylvania
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gazela[178] | 1901 |
Barkentine | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 39.944742°N 75.139996°W |
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| USS Olympia[179] | 1892 |
Protected cruiser | Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Jupiter[180] | 1902 |
Tugboat | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
- Former
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Lawrence | United States | Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | United States |
1813 | Brig | Destroyed by fire in 1876. | |
Rhode Island
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronet[181] | 1885 |
Yacht | Newport, Rhode Island 41°28′54″N 71°19′0″W |
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South Carolina
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least three in South Carolina
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Laffey[182] | 1943 |
Destroyer | Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 32.78972°N 79.90778°W |
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| USS Yorktown[183] | 1943 |
Aircraft carrier | Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina 32.79056°N 79.90861°W |
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Texas
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least four in Texas
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elissa[184] | 1877 |
Barque | Texas Seaport Museum, Galveston, Texas 29.30944°N 94.79361°W |
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| USS Lexington[185] | 1942 |
Aircraft carrier | Corpus Christi, Texas 27.815°N 97.388611°W |
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| PT-309[186][187] | 1943 |
PT Boat | National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas | |||
| USS Stewart[188] | 1942 |
Destroyer escort | Seawolf Park, Pelican Island, Galveston, Texas | |||
| USS Texas[189] | 1912 |
Battleship | Galveston, Texas | |||
Vermont
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ticonderoga[190] | 1906 |
Steamboat | Shelburne Museum, Vermont | |||
Virginia
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth (LV101)[191] | 1915 |
Lightvessel | Portsmouth, Virginia | |||
| USS Wisconsin[192] | 1943 |
Battleship | Norfolk, Virginia 36.84833°N 76.29528°W |
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Washington D.C.
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Washington, D.C.
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PCF-1[193] | 1965 |
Patrol boat | National Museum of the United States Navy, Washington D.C. | |||
| USS Philadelphia[194] | 1776 |
Gunboat gondola | U.S. National Museum of American History (Washington, DC) | Sunk in Lake Champlain in the Battle of Valcour Island | ||
Washington
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least six in Washington
Wisconsin
- See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Wisconsin
| Ship | Image | Year launched | Origin | Type | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CG 41410[205] | 1977 |
Utility boat | Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin | |||
| Hope[206] | 1930 |
Fish tug | Door County Maritime Museum, Gills Rock, Wisconsin | |||
| John Purves[207] | 1919 |
Tugboat | Door County Maritime Museum, Wisconsin | |||
| Lottie Cooper[208] | 1876 |
Schooner | Deland Park, Sheboygan, Wisconsin | |||
| Ludington[209] | 1943 |
Tugboat | Kewaunee, Wisconsin 44.46°N 87.501667°W |
U.S. Army tug at D-Day | ||
| SS Meteor[210] | 1896 |
Steamer | Superior, Wisconsin 46.723172°N 92.062936°W |
Only surviving whaleback steamer. | ||
Former United States museum ships
- Former United States museum ships
| Ship | Country of preservation | Region of preservation | City of preservation | From | Year launched | Type | Fate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS Barry[211] | United States | Washington, D.C. | Washington Navy Yard | United States |
1955 | Destroyer | Removed from display in 2015, scrapped 2022. | |
| USCGC Comanche[212] | United States | South Carolina | Mount Pleasant | United States |
1934 | Cutter | Sunk as an artificial reef in 1992. | |
| USCGC Mohawk[213] | United States | Florida | Key West | United States |
1934 | Cutter | Sunk as artificial reef in 2012. | File:USCGC Mohawk (WPG-78) sm3.jpg |
| Seguin | United States | Maine | Bath | United States |
1884 | Tugboat | Scrapped in the 1970s or mid to early 1980s. | Some parts remain in storage at the Maine Maritime Museum. |
| Wawona | United States | California | Seattle | United States | 1897 | Schooner | Dismantled between 2008 and 2009. | |
See also
- List of Great Lakes museum and historic ships
- List of lightships of the United States
- List of maritime museums in the United States
- List of museum ships of the United States military
- Barcelona Charter
- List of ancient ships
- List of classic vessels
- List of oldest surviving ships
- Ship replica
- Ships preserved in museums
- Viking ship replica