This is a list of official U.S. state ships as designated by each state's legislature.
State | Ship | Image | Year designated |
---|---|---|---|
Arizona | USS Arizona (BB-39) | [citation needed] | |
Two earlier iterations of USS Arizona | [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) | 1981[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) | [citation needed] | |
Virginia | Chesapeake Bay deadrise (state boat) | ||
Washington | MV President Washington (became the MV Mahimahi) |
1983[21] | |
Lady Washington | 2007[22] |