This is a list of the 133 National Historic Landmarks in the United States that are ships, shipwrecks, or shipyards.[1]
Of the more than 2,500 NHLs, about 5 percent are ships, shipwrecks, or shipyards.
The NHL ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards are distributed across 31 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.-associated state of Micronesia. Nineteen states have no ships among their NHLs.
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Shipwrecks
| Name (according to NHL)[2] | Image | State[2] | Date declared[2] |
Museum association | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Lopez | 
|
Puerto Rico | 9 December 1997 | |
| 2 | USS Arizona (shipwreck) | 
|
Hawaii | 5 May 1989 | Shipwreck |
| 3 | Land Tortoise (radeau) | New York | 5 August 1998 | Shipwreck | |
| 4 | Maple Leaf (shipwreck) | Florida | 12 October 1994 | Shipwreck | |
| 5 | USS Monitor | 
|
North Carolina | 23 June 1986 | Shipwreck |
| 6 | Truk Lagoon Underwater Fleet, Truk Atoll | 
|
Micronesia | 4 February 1985 | Shipwrecks |
| 7 | USS Utah (shipwreck) | 
|
Hawaii | 5 May 1989 | Shipwreck |
Ships
| Name (according to NHL)[2] | Image | State[2] | Date declared[2] |
Museum association | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adventure (schooner) | 
|
Massachusetts | 19 April 1994 | ||
| 2 | Adventuress (schooner) | 
|
Washington | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 3 | USS Alabama (battleship) | 
|
Alabama | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 4 | USS Albacore (submarine) | 
|
New Hampshire | 11 April 1989 | Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum | |
| 5 | Alma (scow schooner) | 
|
California | 7 July 1988 | San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park | |
| 6 | American Eagle (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 7 | Arthur Foss (tug) | 
|
Washington | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 8 | SS Badger | 
|
Michigan | 20 January 2016[3] | ||
| 9 | Balclutha (square-rigger) | 
|
California | 4 February 1985 | ||
| 10 | Baltimore (tug) | 
|
Maryland | 4 November 1993 | ||
| 11 | USS Becuna (submarine) | 
|
Pennsylvania | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 12 | Belle of Louisville (river steamboat) | 
|
Kentucky | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 13 | Berkeley (ferry) | 
|
California | 14 December 1990 | ||
| 14 | Bowdoin (Arctic exploration schooner) | 
|
Maine | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 15 | USS Bowfin (submarine) | 
|
Hawaii | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 16 | USCGC Bramble (cutter) | 
|
Michigan | 1 August 2012 | former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan, now MV Bramble | |
| 17 | C. A. Thayer (schooner) | 
|
California | 13 November 1966 | ||
| 18 | Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge) | 
|
Nebraska | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 19 | USS Cassin Young | 
|
Massachusetts | 14 January 1986 | Boston National Historical Park | |
| 20 | Charles W. Morgan (bark) | 
|
Connecticut | 13 November 1966 | At Mystic Seaport Museum | |
| 21 | Christeen (sloop) | 
|
New York | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 22 | City of Milwaukee (Great Lakes car ferry) | 
|
Michigan | 14 December 1990 | ||
| 23 | USS Clamagore (submarine) | 
|
South Carolina | 29 June 1989 | Patriot's Point | |
| 24 | USS Cobia (submarine) | 
|
Wisconsin | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 25 | USS Cod (submarine) | 
|
Ohio | 14 January 1986 | The USS COD Submarine Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and is docked in Cleveland, Ohio. | |
| 26 | Columbia (excursion steamer) | 
|
Michigan | 6 July 1992 | ||
| 27 | Constellation (frigate) | 
|
Maryland | 23 May 1963 | ||
| 28 | USS Constitution (frigate) | 
|
Massachusetts | 19 December 1960 | Boston National Historical Park | |
| 29 | Delta Queen (river steamboat) | 
|
Louisiana | 29 June 1989 | ||
| 30 | Deluge (fire fighting tug) | 
|
Louisiana | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 31 | Donald B. (towboat) | 
|
Indiana | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 32 | USS Drum (submarine) | 
|
Alabama | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 33 | Duwamish (fireboat) | 
|
Washington | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 34 | Edna E. Lockwood (bugeye) | 
|
Maryland | 19 April 1994 | ||
| 35 | USS Edson | 
|
Michigan | 21 June 1990 | Relocated From New York to Michigan as museum ship in 2013. | |
| 36 | Edward M. Cotter fireboat | 
|
New York | 28 June 1996 | Active duty with the Buffalo Fire Department | |
| 37 | Elissa (bark) | 
|
Texas | 14 December 1990 | ||
| 38 | Emma C. Berry (sloop) | 
|
Connecticut | 12 October 1994 | At Mystic Seaport Museum | |
| 39 | Ernestina (schooner) | 
|
Massachusetts | 14 December 1990 | New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park | |
| 40 | Eureka (double-ended ferry) | 
|
California | 4 February 1985 | ||
| 41 | Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil tanker) | 
|
Hawaii | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 42 | USCGC Fir | 
|
California | 27 April 1992 | ||
| 43 | Fireboat No. 1 | 
|
Washington | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 44 | Fire Fighter | 
|
New York | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 45 | George M. Verity (towboat) | 
|
Iowa | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 46 | Goldenrod (showboat) | 
|
Missouri | 24 December 1967 | ||
| 47 | Governor Stone (schooner) | 
|
Florida | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 48 | Grace Bailey (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 49 | HA. 19 (midget submarine) | 
|
Texas | 30 June 1989 | At National Museum of the Pacific War | |
| 50 | USS Hazard (minesweeper) | 
|
Nebraska | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 51 | Hercules (tug) | 
|
California | 17 January 1986 | ||
| 52 | Hilda M. Willing (skipjack) | 
|
Maryland | 19 April 1994 | ||
| 53 | Hoga (YT-146) | 
|
Arkansas | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 54 | USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier) | 
|
California | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 55 | USCGC Ingham | 
|
South Carolina | 27 April 1992 | formerly Patriot's Point relocating to USS Mohawk CGC Memorial Museum | |
| 56 | USS Intrepid (CV-11) | 
|
New York | 14 January 1986 | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | |
| 57 | Isaac H. Evans (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 58 | J. & E. Riggin (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 59 | Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship) | 
|
California | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 60 | USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer) | 
|
Massachusetts | 29 June 1989 | Battleship Cove | |
| 61 | Kathryn (skipjack) | 
|
Maryland | 19 April 1994 | ||
| 62 | USS Kidd (destroyer) | 
|
Louisiana | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 63 | L. A. Dunton (schooner) | 
|
Connecticut | 4 November 1993 | At Mystic Seaport Museum | |
| 64 | USS Laffey | 
|
South Carolina | 14 January 1986 | Patriot's Point | |
| 65 | Lane Victory (Victory ship) | 
|
California | 14 December 1990 | ||
| 66 | Lettie G. Howard (schooner) | 
|
New York | 11 April 1989 | South Street Seaport Museum | |
| 67 | USS Lexington | 
|
Texas | 31 July 2003 | ||
| 68 | Lewis R. French (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 69 | Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose" | 
|
New York | 11 April 1989 | at South Street Seaport museum | |
| 70 | Lightship No. 103, "Huron" | 
|
Michigan | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 71 | Lightship No. 83, "Swiftsure" | 
|
Washington | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 72 | Lightship No. 101, "Portsmouth" | 
|
Virginia | 5 May 1989 | ||
| 73 | Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket" | 
|
Massachusetts | 20 December 1989 | was in Connecticut and New York; now owned by the United States Lightship Museum | |
| 74 | Lightship No. 116, "Chesapeake" | 
|
Maryland | 20 December 1989 | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum | |
| 75 | Lightship WAL-604, "Columbia" | 
|
Oregon | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 76 | Lightship WAL-605, "Relief" | 
|
California | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 77 | USS Lionfish (submarine) | 
|
Massachusetts | 14 January 1986 | Battleship Cove | |
| 78 | Lone Star (towboat) | 
|
Iowa | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 79 | Luna (tugboat) | 
|
Massachusetts | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 80 | Majestic (showboat) | 
|
Ohio | 20 December 1989 | ||
| 81 | USS Massachusetts (battleship) | 
|
Massachusetts | 14 January 1986 | Battleship Cove | |
| 82 | Mayor Andrew Broaddus (lifesaving station) | 
|
Kentucky | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 83 | Mercantile (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 84 | Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) | 
|
Michigan | 11 April 1989 | ||
| 85 | Modesty | 
|
New York | 7 August 2001 | at Long Island Maritime Museum | |
| 86 | Montgomery (snagboat) | 
|
Alabama | 30 June 1989 | ||
| 87 | Nash (harbor tug) | 
|
New York | 4 December 1991 | at H. Lee White Marine Museum | |
| 88 | USS Nautilus (nuclear submarine) | 
|
Connecticut | 20 May 1982 | Submarine Force Library and Museum | |
| 89 | Nellie Crockett (buy-boat) | Maryland | 19 April 1994 | |||
| 90 | Nenana (river steamboat) | 
|
Alaska | 5 May 1989 | ||
| 91 | USS North Carolina | 
|
North Carolina | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 92 | USS Olympia | 
|
Pennsylvania | 29 January 1964 | ||
| 93 | PT 617 | 
|
Massachusetts | 20 December 1989 | at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove) | |
| 94 | PT 796 | 
|
Massachusetts | 14 January 1986 | at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove) | |
| 95 | USS Pampanito (submarine) | 
|
California | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 96 | Philadelphia (gundelo) | 
|
District of Columbia | 20 January 1961 | within National Museum of American History | |
| 97 | Potomac (Presidential yacht) | 
|
California | 14 December 1990 | ||
| 98 | Priscilla (sloop) | 
|
New York | 17 February 2006 | at Long Island Maritime Museum | |
| 99 | Ralph J. Scott (fireboat) | 
|
California | 30 June 1989 | May be part of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum | |
| 100 | Rebecca T. Ruark (skipjack) | 
|
Maryland | 31 July 2003 | ||
| 101 | Roseway (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 25 September 1997 | ||
| 102 | Sabino (passenger steamboat) | 
|
Connecticut | 5 October 1992 | At Mystic Seaport Museum | |
| 103 | Ste. Claire (passenger steamboat) | 
|
Michigan | 6 July 1992 | ||
| 104 | Savannah (nuclear ship) | 
|
Virginia | 17 July 1991 | ||
| 105 | USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) | 
|
District of Columbia | 23 December 1987 | ||
| 106 | Sergeant Floyd (towboat) | 
|
Iowa | 5 May 1989 | ||
| 107 | USS Silversides (submarine) | 
|
Michigan | 14 January 1986 | ||
| 108 | Star of India (bark) | 
|
California | 13 November 1966 | ||
| 109 | Stephen Taber (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 4 December 1991 | ||
| 110 | USS The Sullivans | 
|
New York | 14 January 1986 | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park | |
| 111 | USCGC Taney (Coast Guard cutter) | 
|
Maryland | 7 June 1988 | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum | |
| 112 | USS Texas | 
|
Texas | 8 December 1976 | ||
| 113 | Ticonderoga (side-paddle-wheel lakeboat) | 
|
Vermont | 29 January 1964 | at the Shelburne Museum | |
| 114 | USS Torsk (submarine) | 
|
Maryland | 14 January 1986 | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum | |
| 115 | German submarine U-505 | 
|
Illinois | 29 June 1989 | Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago | |
| 116 | Victory Chimes (schooner) | 
|
Maine | 25 September 1997 | ||
| 117 | Virginia V (steamboat) | 
|
Washington | 5 October 1992 | ||
| 118 | W.P. Snyder Jr. (towboat) | 
|
Ohio | 29 June 1989 | ||
| 119 | W.T. Preston (snagboat) | 
|
Washington | 5 May 1989 | ||
| 120 | William B. Tennison (buy-boat) | 
|
Maryland | 19 April 1994 | ||
| 121 | William M. Black (dredge) | 
|
Iowa | 27 April 1992 | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium | |
| 122 | USS Yorktown | 
|
South Carolina | 14 January 1986 | Patriot's Point |
States having no ships among their NHLs are: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Shipyards
| Name (according to NHL)[2] | Image | State[2] | Date declared[2] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Naval Shipyard | 
|
Massachusetts | |
| 2 | Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 
|
Virginia | |
| 3 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 
|
California | |
| 4 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 
|
Washington |
Previous landmarks
| Name (according to NHL)[2] | Image | State[2] | Date declared[2] |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inaugural (minesweeper) | 
|
Missouri | Hull breached during 1993 flood; wreck deemed a total loss. The landmark designation was withdrawn on August 7, 2001. | |
| 2 | President (riverboat) | 
|
Illinois | Ship disassembled with intent to remove it to a lake environment; parts are in deteriorating condition. The landmark designation was withdrawn on July 27, 2011.[4] | |
| 3 | Wapama (steam schooner) | 
|
California | Dry rot and general deterioration of the hull resulted in the ship being dismantled in 2013. The landmark designation was withdrawn on February 27, 2015.[5] |
See also
References
- ^ The United States Naval Academy, in Maryland, is a ship-related institution that is also an NHL, but is not included in the count of 133. The list of 133 is based on review of the "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" document and searching on related National Park Service websites.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State" (PDF). National Park Service. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ^ National Park Service (April 29, 2016). "Weekly List of Actions [on National Register of Historic Places], 4/18/16 through 4/22/16". National Park Service. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ^ "America's Great Outdoors: Secretary Salazar Designates Four National Historic Landmarks" (Press release). United States Department of the Interior. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-18.
- ^ "Wapama (Steam Schooner)". Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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