List of U.S. state ships

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Category:Use mdy dates from April 2025 This is a list of official U.S. state ships as designated by each state's legislature.

Table

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StateShipImageYear
designated
Arizona USS Arizona (BB-39)Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008[citation needed]
Two earlier iterations of USS ArizonaCategory:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008[citation needed]
California Californian
(state tall ship)		2003[1]
Connecticut USS Nautilus (SSN-571)1983[2][3]
Freedom Schooner Amistad
(state flagship and tall ship ambassador)		2003[3]
Delaware Kalmar Nyckel
(state tall ship)		2016[4]
Massachusetts Schooner Ernestina
(vessel of the commonwealth)		1994[5]
Maryland Skipjack
(state boat)		1985[6]
Maine Bowdoin
(state sailing vessel)		1987[7][8]
New Jersey A. J. Meerwald
(state tall ship)		1998[9][10]
North Carolina Shad boat
(state historical boat)		1987[11][12]
Ohio USS Ohio (SSGN-726)1981Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011[citation needed]
Pennsylvania U.S. Brig Niagara
(flagship of the commonwealth)		1988[13][14][15][16][17]
Rhode Island SSV Oliver Hazard Perry
(flagship and tall ship ambassador)		2018[18]
12-meter Yacht Courageous
(winner of 1974 & 1977 America's Cup)		2000[18][19]
Texas USS Texas (BB-35)1995[20]
Elissa
(state tall ship)		2005[20]
Utah USS Utah (BB-31)Category:All articles with unsourced statementsCategory:Articles with unsourced statements from March 2008[citation needed]
Virginia Chesapeake Bay deadrise
(state boat)
Washington MV President Washington
(became the MV Mahimahi)		1983[21]
Lady Washington2007[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols - State Tall Ship". California State Library. 2007. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ "CT.gov: The State Ship". August 5, 2002. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "SOTS: Sites, Seals & Symbols". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Delaware Online: Kalmar Nyckel becomes official Tall Ship of Delaware". September 9, 2016. Retrieved September 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ "CIS: State Symbols". Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Skipjack, Maryland State Boat". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Title 1, §218: State vessel". Maine Legislature. 1987. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  8. ↑ The Arctic Schooner Bowdoin's History, Maine Maritime Academy, archived from the original on September 16, 2010, retrieved November 16, 2010
  9. ↑ "A.J. Meerwald - NJ's Official Tall Ship". Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  10. ↑ "P.L.1998, c.009 (A750)". New Jersey Legislature. April 21, 1998. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  11. ↑ "GS_145-11". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Boat, Shad Boat - NCpedia". State Library of North Carolina. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  13. ↑ PHMC: State Symbols Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback MachineCategory:Webarchive template wayback links
  14. ↑ "The Pennsylvania General Assembly: House Bill 1071". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
  15. ↑ "The Pennsylvania Manual: Symbols" (pdf). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. p. 3. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  16. ↑ Snyder, Rod (Fall 1998). "Trails of History: Erie Maritime Museum: A New Museum Opens a Window to History". Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. XXIV (4). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  17. ↑ Casey, Robert P. (August 17, 1990). "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Executive Order 1990-4" (pdf). Governor of Pennsylvania. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  18. 1 2 "Oliver Hazard Perry named Rhode Island's official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador". newportri.com. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  19. ↑ "2000H-8172aa State Yacht". Rhode Island General Assembly. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  20. 1 2 "State Symbols - Texas State Library". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  21. ↑ Washington State Ship: President Washington
  22. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
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