U.S. Ship Memorials and Museums

(sorted geographically)

This table attempts to list all the ships and boats, wherever built, that have been retired from active service and preserved in the U.S. either as a memorial or as a museum, if not both.  Some are not technically either museums or memorials, just old boats that have been rescued from the scrap yard.  Pleasure boats and boats that are so small that they do not require a crew are not included.  Replicas are not included either, only original vessels.  It's quite a list: who would have thought that there were so many products of the shipbuilder's art (with an average age of about 80) preserved and on public display all over the U.S. (in 40 states and the District of Columbia)?  It's curious, however, that the Smithsonian Institution isn't represented here.

A lot of credit for this table goes to Kevin Kopp, who has inundated me with links to boats that I would probably never have found otherwise: thanks, Kevin.  Anyone who finds any more or notices any errors, please e-mail me at timcolton@aol.com.

Region State Location Museum Name Type Pennant # Built By Builder's Location Built
Atlantic CT Groton CT Submarine Force Museum Nautilus Nuclear Submarine SSN 571 Electric Boat Groton CT 1954
Atlantic CT Mystic CT Mystic Seaport Brilliant Schooner   Henry B. Nevins, Inc. City Island NY 1932
Atlantic CT Mystic CT Mystic Seaport Joseph Conrad Sailing Ship   Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen, Denmark 1882
Atlantic CT Mystic CT Mystic Seaport Sabino Ferry   W. Irving Adams East Boothbay ME 1908
Atlantic CT Mystic CT Mystic Seaport Charles W. Morgan Whaler   J. & Z. Hillman New Bedford MA 1841
Atlantic CT Mystic CT Mystic Seaport Emma C. Berry Fishing Smack   R. & J. Palmer Noank CT 1866
Atlantic CT New London CT U.S. Coast Guard Academy Eagle Barque WIX 327 Blohm + Voss Hamburg, Germany 1936
Atlantic DC Washington DC Navy Museum Barry Destroyer DD 933 Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1956
Atlantic DC Washington DC Navy Museum No name Patrol Craft, Fast PCF 1 Sewart Seacraft Berwick LA 1965
Atlantic DC Washington DC Navy Museum Trieste Bathyscaphe   Navalmeccanica Naples, Italy 1953
Atlantic DC Washington DC Navy Museum No name Landing Craft, Vehicle LCVP Higgins Industries New Orleans LA 1944
Atlantic DC Washington DC Navy Museum Philadelphia Gunboat     Whitehall NY 1776
Atlantic DE Lewes DE The Overfalls Maritime Museum Overfalls Lightship LV 118 Rice Brothers East Boothbay ME 1939
Atlantic FL Deland FL PTF 3 Restoration Project No name Patrol Boat, Fast PTF 3 Batservice AS Masden, Norway 1962
Atlantic FL Freeport FL Eden Gardens State Park Governor Stone Coasting Schooner     Pascagoula MS 1877
Atlantic FL Key West FL USS Mohawk Maritime Museum Mohawk Gunboat WPG 78 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1935
Atlantic FL Orlando FL National Vietnam War Museum No name Patrol Boat, Riverine PBR Uniflite Bellingham WA 1960s
Atlantic FL Ponce de Leon Inlet FL Ponce de Leon Inlet F. D. Russell Tug   Frank D. Russell   1938
Atlantic FL Tampa FL American Victory Mariners Memorial American Victory Victory Ship   California Shipbuilding Los Angeles CA 1945
Atlantic GA Columbus GA National Civil War Naval Museum Jackson Ironclad Ram     Columbus GA 1864
Atlantic GA Columbus GA National Civil War Naval Museum Chattahoochee Gunboat   David S. Johnston Saffold GA 1862
Atlantic MA Boston MA Boston National Historical Park Cassin Young Destroyer DD 793 Bethlehem San Pedro San Pedro CA 1943
Atlantic MA Boston MA Luna Preservation Society Luna Tug   M. M. Davis Solomons MD 1930
Atlantic MA Boston MA USS Constitution Constitution Sailing Frigate IX 20 Edmund Hartt Boston MA 1797
Atlantic MA Essex MA Essex Shipbuilding Museum Evelina M. Goulart Fishing Schooner     Essex MA 1927
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove No name Torpedo Boat PT 617 Electric Launch Bayonne NJ 1945
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove Hiddensee Soviet Corvette   Petrovsky Shipyard Leningrad, USSR 1984
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove No name Landing Craft, Mech. LCM 56 Higgins Industries New Orleans LA 1945
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove Lionfish Submarine SS 298 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 1944
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Destroyer DD 850 Bethlehem Quincy Quincy MA 1945
Atlantic MA Fall River MA Battleship Cove Massachusetts Battleship BB 59 Bethlehem Quincy Quincy MA 1942
Atlantic MA Gloucester MA Schooner Adventure Adventure Schooner   John F. James & Son Essex MA 1926
Atlantic MA Nantucket MA The Nantucket Lightship Nantucket Shoals Lightship LV 112 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1936
Atlantic MA New Bedford MA New Bedford State Pier Ernestina Grand Banks Schooner   James & Tarr Essex MA 1894
Atlantic MA Quincy MA U.S. Naval Shipbuilding Museum Salem Cruiser CA 139 Bethlehem Quincy Quincy MA 1949
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Baltimore Maritime Museum Chesapeake Lightship LV 116 Charleston Dry Dock Charleston SC 1930
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Baltimore Maritime Museum Torsk Submarine SS 423 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1944
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Baltimore Maritime Museum Taney Gunboat WPG 37 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 1936
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore Tug   Skinner Shipbuilding Baltimore MD 1906
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Living Classrooms Foundation Minnie V Skipjack   John B. Vetra Wenona MD 1906
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD Project Liberty Ship John W. Brown Liberty Ship   Bethlehem Fairfield Baltimore MD 1942
Atlantic MD Baltimore MD USS Constellation Constellation Sloop of War IX 21 Gosport NSY Gosport VA 1854
Atlantic MD Denton MD Old Harford Town Maritime Center F. C. Lewis, Jr. Skipjack     Hopkins VA 1907
Atlantic MD Denton MD Old Harford Town Maritime Center Maggie Lee Skipjack     Pocomoke City MD 1903
Atlantic MD Denton MD Old Harford Town Maritime Center Flora A. Price Skipjack       1910
Atlantic MD Havre de Grace MD Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy Martha Lewis Skipjack   Bronza Parks Wingate MD 1955
Atlantic MD Solomons MD Calvert Marine Museum William B. Tennison Bugeye   Frank Laird Crabb Island MD 1899
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum E. C. Collier Skipjack   George W. Horseman Deal Island MD 1910
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Old Point Bugeye   J. G. Wornom Poquoson VA 1909
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Delaware Tug   William H. Smith Bethel DE 1912
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Edna E. Lockwood Bugeye   John B. Harrison Tilghman's Island MD 1889
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Rosie Parks Skipjack   Bronza M. Parks Wingate MD 1955
Atlantic MD St. Michaels MD Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Mustang Oyster Dredger       1907
Atlantic MD Welcome MD   Mary W. Somers Skipjack     Mearsville VA 1904
Atlantic ME Boothbay ME Grand Banks Schooner Museum Sherman Zwicker Grand Banks Schooner   Smith & Rhuland Lunenburg NS 1942
Atlantic ME Greenville ME Moosehead Marine Museum Katahdin Steamboat   Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1914
Atlantic NC Jacksonville NC Museum of the Marine No name Landing Ship, Mech. LSM 45 Brown Shipbuilding Houston TX 1944
Atlantic NC Southport NC Southport Maritime Museum Frying Pan Shoal Lightship        
Atlantic NC Wilmington NC USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial North Carolina Battleship BB 55 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 1941
Atlantic NH Portsmouth NH Albacore Museum and Park Albacore Submarine SS 569 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1953
Atlantic NJ Camden NJ Battleship New Jersey Museum New Jersey Battleship BB 62 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 1943
Atlantic NJ Camden NJ Pyne Point Park Five Fathom Bank Lightship LV 79 New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1904
Atlantic NJ Hackensack NJ The New Jersey Naval Museum No name Patrol Boat, Riverine PBR Uniflite Bellingham WA 1960s
Atlantic NJ Hackensack NJ The New Jersey Naval Museum Ling Submarine SS 297 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 1945
Atlantic NJ Paterson NJ Paterson Museum Fenian Ram Submarine   J. P. Holland Paterson NJ 1881
Atlantic NJ Paterson NJ Paterson Museum Holland Boat No. 1 Experimental Submarine   Crescent Shipyard Paterson NJ 1878
Atlantic NJ Port Norris NJ Bayshore Discovery Project A. J. Meerwald Oyster Schooner   Stowman & Sons Camden NJ 1928
Atlantic NJ Sea Girt NJ National Guard and Militia Museum Intelligent Whale Experimental Submarine       1867
Atlantic NY Albany NY Destroyer Escort Historical Museum Slater Destroyer Escort DE 766 Tampa Shipbuilding Tampa FL 1944
Atlantic NY Brooklyn NY Portside New York Mary A. Whalen Tanker   Mathis Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1938
Atlantic NY Brooklyn NY The Waterfront Museum Lehigh Valley RR No. 79 Railroad Barge   Perth Amboy Dry Dock Perth Amboy NJ 1914
Atlantic NY Clayton NY Antique Boat Museum La Duchesse Houseboat       1903
Atlantic NY Kingston NY Hudson River Maritime Museum Mathilda Tug   Marine Industries Sorel PQ 1898
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum No name Railcar Barge   American Bridge Ambridge PA 1930
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum K. Whittelsey Tug   Spedden Shipbuilding Baltimore MD 1930
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum Elise Ann Connors Canal Tug   Dialogue & Sons Camden NJ 1881
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum No name Dry Dock   Hiltebrant Dry Dock Kingston NY 1916
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum Frances Turecamo Tug   Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 1957
Atlantic NY Kingston NY North River Tugboat Museum Catawissa Tug   Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE 1896
Atlantic NY New York NY Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Growler Submarine SSG 577 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1958
Atlantic NY New York NY Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum Intrepid Aircraft Carrier CV 11 Newport News SB Newport News VA 1943
Atlantic NY New York NY Pier 63 Maritime Museum John J. Harvey Fireboat   Todd Shipyards Brooklyn NY 1931
Atlantic NY New York NY Pier 63 Maritime Museum N.Y. Central No. 13 Tug   Dialogue & Son Camden NJ 1887
Atlantic NY New York NY Pier 63 Maritime Museum Frying Pan Shoal Lightship LV 115 Charleston Dry Dock Charleston SC 1930
Atlantic NY New York NY Pier 63 Maritime Museum Bertha Canadian Lumber Tug   Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle, England 1925
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Ambrose Channel Lightship LV 87 New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1907
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Lettie G. Howard Fishing Schooner     Essex MA 1893
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Peking Sailing Ship   Blohm + Voss Hamburg, Germany 1911
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport W. O. Decker Tug   Russell Shipyard Long Island City NY 1930
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Helen McAllister Tug   Burlee Dry Dock Port Richmond NY 1900
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Marion M Coastal Freighter   L. P. Price & Co. Queens (?) NY 1932
Atlantic NY New York NY South Street Seaport Wavertree Sailing Ship     Southampton, England 1885
Atlantic NY New York NY SS Columbia Project Columbia Passenger Steamer   Detroit Shipbuilding Detroit MI 1902
Atlantic NY New York NY Steamer Lilac Lilac Lighthouse Tender WAGL 227 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1933
Atlantic NY New York NY Tug Pegasus Preservation Project Pegasus Tug   Skinner Shipbuilding Baltimore MD 1907
Atlantic NY Oyster Bay NY The Waterfront Center Christeen Oyster Sloop     Oyster Landing NY 1883
Atlantic NY Waterford NY New York State Canal Corporation Day Peckinpaugh Canal Boat   McDougall-Duluth SY Duluth MN 1921
Atlantic NY Waterford NY New York State Canal Corporation Urger Tug   Johnston Bros. Ferrysburg MI 1901
Atlantic NY Waterford NY Waterford Maritime Historical Society Chancellor Tug   Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 1938
Atlantic NY Waterford NY Waterford Maritime Historical Society Buffalo Tug       1922
Atlantic NY West Sayville NY Long Island Maritime Museum Modesty Oyster Dredge   Wood & Chute Greenport NY 1920
Atlantic NY West Sayville NY Long Island Maritime Museum Priscilla Schooner   David Clark Kennebunkport ME 1884
Atlantic NY West Sayville NY Long Island Maritime Museum Charlotte Tug       1880
Atlantic NY West Sayville NY Long Island Maritime Museum Vixen Clam Boat       1930
Atlantic PA Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport Museum Becuna Submarine SS 319 Electric Boat Groton CT 1944
Atlantic PA Philadelphia PA Independence Seaport Museum Olympia Cruiser C 6 Union Iron Works San Francisco CA 1894
Atlantic PA Philadelphia PA Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild Jupiter Tug   Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA 1902
Atlantic PA Philadelphia PA Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild Gazela Primeiro Grand Banks Barquentine   J. M. Mendes Setubal, Portugal 1902
Atlantic RI Providence RI USS Saratoga Museum No name Soviet Submarine   Krasnoye Sormova Gorky, USSR 1965
Atlantic SC Mount Pleasant SC Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Laffey Destroyer DD 724 Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1944
Atlantic SC Mount Pleasant SC