U.S. and Canadian Maritime Memorials and Museums

Most recent update: October 14, 2011.

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. and Canada 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. 

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.

Click here to see the same data presented geographically.

Name Type Pennant # Built By Builder's Location Built Museum Location

U.S. Maritime Memorials and Museums
A. J. Meerwald Oyster Schooner   Stowman & Sons Camden NJ 1928 Bayshore Discovery Project Port Norris NJ
Acacia Buoy Tender WLB 180 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 1944 American Academy of Industry Chicago IL
Adventure Schooner   John F. James & Son Essex MA 1926 Schooner Adventure Gloucester MA
Alabama Battleship BB 60 Norfolk NSY Portsmouth VA 1942 Battleship Memorial Park Mobile AL
Albacore Submarine SS 569 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1953 Albacore Museum and Park Portsmouth NH
Alma Schooner   Fred Siemer San Francisco CA 1891 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Aluminaut Deep Submergence Vessel   Electric Boat Groton CT 1964 Science Museum of Virginia Richmond VA
Ambrose Channel Lightship LV 87 New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1907 South Street Seaport New York NY
American Victory Victory Ship   California Shipbuilding Los Angeles CA 1945 American Victory Mariners Memorial Tampa FL
Angels Gate Tug ST 695 Decatur Iron Works Decatur AL 1944 Los Angeles Maritime Museum San Pedro CA
Apalachee Tug WYTM 71 Ira S. Bushey Brooklyn NY 1943 Apalachee Maritime Museum Cleveland OH
Aries Hydrofoil Gunboat PHM 5 Boeing Marine Systems Seattle WA 1982 USS Aries Memorial Brunswick MO
Arizona Battleship BB 39 New York NSY Brooklyn NY 1916 USS Arizona Memorial Museum Pearl Harbor HI
C. L. Churchill Tug     Cohasset MA 1964 Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Vergennes VT
Arthur Foss Tug     Portland OR 1889 Northwest Seaport Seattle WA
Balclutha Sailing Ship   Charles Connell & Co. Glasgow, Scotland 1886 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Baltimore Tug   Skinner Shipbuilding Baltimore MD 1906 Baltimore Museum of Industry Baltimore MD
Barbara H Sternwheel Towboat   Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV 1923 Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society Lamb IN
Barry Destroyer DD 933 Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1956 Navy Museum Washington DC
Batfish Submarine SS 310 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1943 Muskogee War Memorial Park Muskogee OK
Bayfield Tug ST 2023 Roamer Boat Co. Holland MI 1953 Canal Park Duluth MN
Becuna Submarine SS 319 Electric Boat Groton CT 1944 Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia PA
Belle of Louisville Steamboat   James Rees & Sons Pittsburgh PA 1914 Belle of Louisville Louisville KY
Berkeley Steam Ferry   Union Brass & Iron Works San Francisco CA 1898 Maritime Museum of San Diego San Diego CA
Bertha Canadian Lumber Tug   Armstrong Whitworth Newcastle, England 1925 Pier 63 Maritime Museum New York NY
Blueback Submarine SS 581 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS 1960 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Portland OR
Bolster Rescue and Salvage Tug ARS 38 Basalt Rock Co. Napa CA 1945 American Fleet Tug Museum San Rafael CA
Bowfin Submarine SS 287 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1943 USS Bowfin Museum and Park Pearl Harbor HI
Bramble Buoy Tender WLB 392 Zenith Dredge Duluth MN 1944 Port Huron Museum Port Huron MI
Brilliant Schooner   Henry B. Nevins, Inc. City Island NY 1932 Mystic Seaport Mystic CT
Buddy O Fishing Tug   Sturgeon Bay Boat Works Sturgeon Bay WI 1936 Rogers Street Fishing Village Two Rivers WI
Buffalo Tug       1922 Waterford Maritime Historical Society Waterford NY
C. A. Thayer Schooner   Hans Ditlev Bendixsen Fairhaven CA 1895 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Cairo Gunboat   James B. Eads Mound City IL 1862 Vicksburg National Military Park Vicksburg MS
Cape Charles Lightship LV 101 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1916 Naval Shipyard Museum Portsmouth VA
Capt. Meriwether Lewis Dustpan Dredge   Marietta Manufacturing Point Pleasant WV 1932 Meriwether Lewis Foundation Brownville NB
Cassin Young Destroyer DD 793 Bethlehem San Pedro San Pedro CA 1943 Boston National Historical Park Boston MA
Catawissa Tug   Harlan & Hollingsworth Wilmington DE 1896 North River Tugboat Museum Kingston NY
Cavalla Submarine SS 244 Electric Boat Groton CT 1943 Seawolf Park Galveston TX
Chancellor Tug   Ira S. Bushey & Sons Brooklyn NY 1938 Waterford Maritime Historical Society Waterford NY
Charles W. Morgan Whaler   J. & Z. Hillman New Bedford MA 1841 Mystic Seaport Mystic CT
Charlotte Tug       1880 Long Island Maritime Museum West Sayville NY
Chattahoochee Gunboat   David S. Johnston Saffold GA 1862 National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus GA
Chesapeake Lightship LV 116 Charleston Dry Dock Charleston SC 1930 Baltimore Maritime Museum Baltimore MD
Christeen Oyster Sloop     Oyster Landing NY 1883 The Waterfront Center Oyster Bay NY
City of Milwaukee Ferry   Manitowoc Shipbuilding Manitowoc WI 1931 City of Milwaukee Nat'l. Historic Landmark Manistee MI
Clamagore Submarine SS 343 Electric Boat Groton CT 1945 Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Mount Pleasant SC
Cobia Submarine SS 245 Electric Boat Groton CT 1943 Wisconsin Maritime Museum Manitowoc WI
Cod Submarine SS 224 Electric Boat Groton CT 1943 USS Cod Submarine Memorial Cleveland OH
Columbia Passenger Steamer   Detroit Shipbuilding Detroit MI 1902 SS Columbia Project New York NY
Comanche Tug ATA 202 Gulfport Boiler Port Arthur TX 1944 Comanche 202 Foundation Olympia WA
Constellation Sloop of War IX 21 Gosport NSY Gosport VA 1854 USS Constellation Baltimore MD
Constitution Sailing Frigate IX 20 Edmund Hartt Boston MA 1797 USS Constitution Boston MA
Croaker Submarine SS 246 Electric Boat Groton CT 1943 Buffalo Naval and Military Park Buffalo NY
Day Peckinpaugh Canal Boat   McDougall-Duluth SY Duluth MN 1921 New York State Canal Corporation Waterford NY
Deep Quest Research Submersible   Lockheed M. & S. Co. Sunnyvale CA 1967 Naval Undersea Museum Keyport WA
Dekaury Tug YT 178 Gibbs Gas Engine Jacksonville FL 1943 Historic Tugboat Society San Francisco CA
Delaware Tug   William H. Smith Bethel DE 1912 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels MD
Derrick Barge No. 8 Derrick Barge       1925 H. Lee White Museum Oswego NY
Dolphin Submarine AGSS 555 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1969 Maritime Museum of San Diego San Diego CA
Dorothy Tug   Newport News SB Newport News VA 1891 Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News VA
Drum Submarine SS 228 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1941 Battleship Memorial Park Mobile AL
Duwamish Fireboat   Richmond Beach SB Richmond Beach WA 1909 Puget Sound Fireboat Foundation Seattle WA
E. C. Collier Skipjack   George W. Horseman Deal Island MD 1910 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels MD
Eagle Barque WIX 327 Blohm + Voss Hamburg, Germany 1936 U.S. Coast Guard Academy New London CT
Edna E. Lockwood Bugeye   John B. Harrison Tilghman's Island MD 1889 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels MD
Edna G Tug   Cleveland Shipbuilding Cleveland OH 1896 Lake County Historical Society Lake County MN
Edward M. Cotter Fireboat   Crescent Shipbuilding Elizabethport NJ 1900 Buffalo Fire Department Buffalo NY
Eleanor D Fishboat     Erie PA 1948 H. Lee White Museum Oswego NY
Elise Ann Conners Canal Tug   Dialogue & Sons Camden NJ 1881 North River Tugboat Museum Kingston NY
Elissa Barque   Alexander Hall & Co. Aberdeen, Scotland 1877 Texas Seaport Museum Galveston TX
Emma C. Berry Fishing Smack   R. & J. Palmer Noank CT 1866 Mystic Seaport Mystic CT
Eppleton Hall Tug   Hepple & Co. South Shields, England 1914 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Ernestina Grand Banks Schooner   James & Tarr Essex MA 1894 New Bedford State Pier New Bedford MA
Eureka Ferry   Union Iron Works San Francisco CA 1890 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Evelina M. Goulart Fishing Schooner     Essex MA 1927 Essex Shipbuilding Museum Essex MA
Evelyn S Fish Tug   Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding Sturgeon Bay WI 1939 Michigan Maritime Museum South Haven MI
F. C. Lewis, Jr. Skipjack     Hopkins VA 1907 Old Harford Town Maritime Center Denton MD
F. D. Russell Tug   Frank D. Russell   1938 Ponce de Leon Inlet Ponce de Leon Inlet FL
Falls of Clyde Sailing Ship   Russell & Co. Port Glasgow, Scotland 1878 Hawaii Maritime Center Honolulu HI
Fenian Ram Submarine   J. P. Holland Paterson NJ 1881 Paterson Museum Paterson NJ
Fir Lighthouse Tender WAGL 212 Moore Dry Dock Co. Oakland CA 1939 Liberty Maritime Museum Rio Vista CA
Fireboat No. 1 Fireboat   Coastline Shipbuilding Tacoma WA 1929 Marine Park Tacoma WA
Five Fathom Bank Lightship LV 79 New York Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1904 Pyne Point Park Camden NJ
Flora A. Price Skipjack       1910 Old Harford Town Maritime Center Denton MD
Frances Turecamo Tug   Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 1957 North River Tugboat Museum Kingston NY
Frying Pan Shoal Lightship         Southport Maritime Museum Southport NC
Frying Pan Shoal Lightship LV 115 Charleston Dry Dock Charleston SC 1930 Pier 63 Maritime Museum New York NY
Gazela Primeiro Grand Banks Barquentine   J. M. Mendes Setubal, Portugal 1902 Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild Philadelphia PA
George M. Verity Riverboat   Dubuque Boat & Boiler Dubuque IA 1927 George M. Verity River Museum Keokuk IA
Glacier Icebreaker AGB 4 Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS 1955 The Glacier Society San Francisco CA
Governor Stone Coasting Schooner     Pascagoula MS 1877 Eden Gardens State Park Freeport FL
Growler Submarine SSG 577 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1958 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum New York NY
H. T. Pott Tug   St. Louis Ship St. Louis MO 1933 St. Louis Museum of Tptn. St. Louis MO
Hazard Minesweeper AM 240 Winslow Marine Railway Winslow WA 1944 Freedom Park Omaha NB
Helen McAllister Tug   Burlee Dry Dock Port Richmond NY 1900 South Street Seaport New York NY
Hercules Tug   John H. Dialogue Camden NJ 1907 San Francisco Maritime Museum San Francisco CA
Hero Research Vessel   Harvey F. Gamage South Bristol ME 1968   Newport OR
Hiddensee Soviet Corvette   Petrovsky Shipyard Leningrad, USSR 1984 Battleship Cove Fall River MA
Highlander Sea Fishing Schooner   James & Son Essex MA 1924 Port Huron Yacht Club Port Huron MI
Holland Boat No. 1 Experimental Submarine   Crescent Shipyard Paterson NJ 1878 Paterson Museum Paterson NJ
Hope Fishing Tug   Sturgeon Bay Boat Works Sturgeon Bay WI 1930 Door County Maritime Museum Sturgeon Bay WI
Hornet Aircraft Carrier CV 12 Newport News SB Newport News VA 1943 Aircraft Carrier Hornet Museum Alameda CA
Ingham Gunboat WPG 35 Philadelphia NSY Philadelphia PA 1936 Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Mount Pleasant SC
Intelligent Whale Experimental Submarine       1867 National Guard and Militia Museum Sea Girt NJ
Intrepid Aircraft Carrier CV 11 Newport News SB Newport News VA 1943 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum New York NY
Islay Tug   American Steel Barge Superior WI 1892 Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation Duluth MN
Jackson Ironclad Ram     Columbus GA 1864 National Civil War Naval Museum Columbus GA
Jane Fish Tug   Sturgeon Bay Boat Works Sturgeon Bay WI 1929 Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation Duluth MN
Jeremiah O'Brien Liberty Ship   New England Shipbuilding South Portland ME 1943 National Liberty Ship Memorial San Francisco CA
John J. Harvey Fireboat   Todd Shipyards Brooklyn NY 1931 Pier 63 Maritime Museum New York NY
John W. Brown Liberty Ship   Bethlehem Fairfield Baltimore MD 1942 Project Liberty Ship Baltimore MD
John Purves Army Tug LT 145 Bethlehem Steel Elizabethport NJ 1919 Door County Maritime Museum Sturgeon Bay WI
Joseph Conrad Sailing Ship   Burmeister & Wain Copenhagen, Denmark 1882 Mystic Seaport Mystic CT
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Destroyer DD 850 Bethlehem Quincy Quincy MA 1945 Battleship Cove Fall River MA
Joseph Throckmorton Pushboat   St. Croix Shipbuilding Bayport MN 1939 Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society Lamb IN
Jupiter Tug   Neafie & Levy Philadelphia PA 1902 Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild Philadelphia PA
K. Whittelsey Tug   Spedden Shipbuilding Baltimore MD 1930 North River Tugboat Museum Kingston NY
Kalakala Ferry   Moore Dry Dock Oakland CA 1926 Kalakala Alliance Foundation Tacoma WA
Katahdin Steamboat   Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1914 Moosehead Marine Museum Greenville ME
Keewatin Great Lakes Steamer   Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow, Scotland 1907 Keewatin Maritime Museum Douglas MI
Kidd Destroyer DD 661 Federal Kearny Kearny NJ 1943 USS Kidd Veterans Memorial Baton Rouge LA
La Duchesse Houseboat       1903 Antique Boat Museum Clayton NY
Laffey Destroyer DD 724 Bath Iron Works Bath ME 1944 Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Mount Pleasant SC
Lake Huron Lightship LV 103 Consolidated SB Morris Heights NY 1920 Port Huron Museum Port Huron MI
Lane Victory Victory Ship   California Shipbuilding Los Angeles CA 1945 US Merchant Marine Veterans of WWII San Pedro CA
Lehigh Valley RR No. 79 Railroad Barge   Perth Amboy Dry Dock Perth Amboy NJ 1914 The Waterfront Museum Brooklyn NY
Lettie G. Howard Fishing Schooner     Essex MA 1893 South Street Seaport New York NY
Lexington Aircraft Carrier CV 16 Bethlehem Quincy Quincy MA 1943 Lady Lex Museum on the Bay Corpus Christi TX
Lilac Lighthouse Tender WAGL 227 Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1933 Steamer Lilac New York NY
Ling Submarine SS 297 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 1945 The New Jersey Naval Museum Hackensack NJ
Lionfish Submarine SS 298 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 1944 Battleship Cove Fall River MA
Little Rock Cruiser CL 92 Cramp Shipbuilding Philadelphia PA 1945 Buffalo Naval and Military Park Buffalo NY
Logsdon Sternwheel Towboat         National Mississippi River Museum Dubuque IA
Lone Star Sternwheel Towboat     Lyons IA 1868 Buffalo Bill Museum Le Claire IA
Loretta Howard Sternwheel Towboat   Howard Shipyard Jeffersonville IN 1929 Historic Sternwheeler Preservation Society Lamb IN
Lotus Houseboat Cruiser   Sloan Shipyard Seattle WA 1909 M.V. Lotus Heritage Foundation Port Townsend WA
Ludington Tug LT 4 Jakobson Shipyard Oyster Bay NY 1944 Kewaunee Harbor Kewaunee WI
Luna Tug   M. M. Davis Solomons MD 1930 Luna Preservation Society Boston MA
Mackinaw Icebreaker WAGB 83 Toledo Shipbuilding Toledo OH 1944 Icebreaker Mackinaw Museum Mackinaw City MI
Madaket Ferry     Fairhaven CA 1910 Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum Eureka CA
Maggie Lee Skipjack     Pocomoke City MD 1903 Old Harford Town Maritime Center Denton MD
Marion M Coastal Freighter   L. P. Price & Co. Queens (?) NY 1932 South Street Seaport New York NY
Marlin Submarine SS 205 Portsmouth NSY Kittery ME 1941 Freedom Park Omaha NB
Martha Lewis Skipjack   Bronza Parks Wingate MD 1955 Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy Havre de Grace MD
Mary A. Whalen Tanker   Mathis Shipbuilding Camden NJ 1938 Portside New York Brooklyn NY
Mary W. Somers Skipjack     Mearsville VA 1904   Welcome MD
Mary Woods No. 2 Sternwheeler   Harry B. Dyer Nashville TN 1931 Jacksonport State Park Jacksonport AR
Massachusetts Battleship