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 |
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U.S. Maritime Memorials and Museums |
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| 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 | ||||||