List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards

This is a perhaps complete list of the 133 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) 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.

Shipwrecks

	NHL name for ship^[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	Divers next to the mast of the Unkai Maru wreck, Truk Lagoon, Micronesia	Micronesia	4 February 1985	Shipwrecks
7	USS Utah (shipwreck)		Hawaii	5 May 1989	Shipwreck

Ships

	NHL name for ship^[2]	Image	State^[2]	Date declared^[2]	Museum association?
1	Adventure (schooner)	Adventure (schooner)	Massachusetts	19 April 1994
2	Adventuress (schooner)	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)	100 px	California	7 July 1988	San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
6	American Eagle (schooner)	American Eagle	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	C. A. Thayer (schooner)		California	13 November 1966
17	Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge)		Nebraska	11 April 1989
18	USS Cassin Young		Massachusetts	14 January 1986	Boston National Historical Park
19	Charles W. Morgan (bark)		Connecticut	13 November 1966	At Mystic Seaport Museum
20	Christeen (sloop)	100 px	New York	4 December 1991
21	City of Milwaukee (Great Lakes car ferry)		Michigan	14 December 1990
22	USS Clamagore (submarine)	100 px	South Carolina	29 June 1989	Patriot's Point
23	USS Cobia (submarine)	100 px	Wisconsin	14 January 1986
24	USS Cod (submarine)		Ohio	14 January 1986
25	Columbia (excursion steamer)		Michigan	6 July 1992
26	Constellation (frigate)		Maryland	23 May 1963
27	USS Constitution (frigate)		Massachusetts	19 December 1960	Boston National Historical Park
28	Delta Queen (river steamboat)	100 px	Louisiana	29 June 1989
29	Deluge (fire fighting tug)		Louisiana	30 June 1989
30	Donald B. (towboat)		Indiana	20 December 1989
31	USS Drum (submarine)		Alabama	14 January 1986
32	Duwamish (fireboat)	100 px	Washington	30 June 1989
33	Edna E. Lockwood (bugeye)		Maryland	19 April 1994
34	USS Edson		Michigan	21 June 1990	Relocated From New York to Michigan as museum ship in 2013.
35	Edward M. Cotter fireboat		New York	28 June 1996	Active duty with the Buffalo Fire Department
36	Elissa (bark)		Texas	14 December 1990
37	Emma C. Berry (sloop)	100px	Connecticut	12 October 1994	At Mystic Seaport Museum
38	Ernestina (schooner)		Massachusetts	14 December 1990	New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
39	Eureka (double-ended ferry)	100 px	California	4 February 1985
40	Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil tanker)		Hawaii	11 April 1989
41	USCGC Fir		California	27 April 1992
42	Fireboat No. 1		Washington	30 June 1989
43	Fire Fighter		New York	30 June 1989
44	George M. Verity (towboat)		Iowa	20 December 1989
45	Goldenrod (showboat)	100px	Missouri	24 December 1967
46	Governor Stone (schooner)		Florida	4 December 1991
47	Grace Bailey (schooner)	100 px	Maine	4 December 1991
48	HA. 19 (midget submarine)		Texas	30 June 1989	At National Museum of the Pacific War
49	USS Hazard (minesweeper)		Nebraska	14 January 1986
50	Hercules (tug)		California	17 January 1986
51	Hilda M. Willing (skipjack)		Maryland	19 April 1994
52	Hoga (YT-146)	100 px	Arkansas	30 June 1989
53	USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier)		California	4 December 1991
54	USCGC Ingham		South Carolina	27 April 1992	formerly Patriot's Point relocating to USS Mohawk CGC Memorial Museum
55	USS Intrepid (CV-11)	100 px	New York	14 January 1986	Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
56	Isaac H. Evans (schooner)	Isaac H. Evans	Maine	4 December 1991
57	J. & E. Riggin (schooner)		Maine	4 December 1991
58	Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship)		California	14 January 1986
59	USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer)	100px	Massachusetts	29 June 1989	Battleship Cove
60	Kathryn (skipjack)		Maryland	19 April 1994
61	USS Kidd (destroyer)		Louisiana	14 January 1986
62	L. A. Dunton (schooner)		Connecticut	4 November 1993	At Mystic Seaport Museum
63	USS Laffey		South Carolina	14 January 1986	Patriot's Point
64	Lane Victory (Victory ship)		California	14 December 1990
65	Lettie G. Howard (schooner)		New York	11 April 1989	South Street Seaport Museum
66	USS Lexington	US Navy aircraft carrier USS Lexington anchored in the Gulf of Mexico	Texas	31 July 2003
67	Lewis R. French (schooner)	Lewis R. French	Maine	4 December 1991
68	Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose"		New York	11 April 1989	at South Street Seaport museum
69	Lightship No. 103, "Huron"		Michigan	20 December 1989
70	Lightship No. 83, "Swiftsure"		Washington	11 April 1989
71	Lightship No. 101, "Portsmouth"		Virginia	5 May 1989
72	Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket"		Massachusetts	20 December 1989	was in Connecticut and New York; now owned by the United States Lightship Museum
73	Lightship No. 116, "Chesapeake"		Maryland	20 December 1989	at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
74	Lightship WAL-604, "Columbia"		Oregon	20 December 1989
75	Lightship WAL-605, "Relief"		California	20 December 1989
76	USS Lionfish (submarine)		Massachusetts	14 January 1986	Battleship Cove
77	Lone Star (towboat)		Iowa	20 December 1989
78	Luna (tugboat)		Massachusetts	11 April 1989
79	Majestic (showboat)		Ohio	20 December 1989
80	USS Massachusetts (battleship)		Massachusetts	14 January 1986	Battleship Cove
81	Mayor Andrew Broaddus (lifesaving station)	100 px	Kentucky	30 June 1989
82	Mercantile (schooner)		Maine	4 December 1991
83	Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship)		Michigan	11 April 1989
84	Modesty		New York	7 August 2001	at Long Island Maritime Museum
85	Montgomery (snagboat)		Alabama	30 June 1989
86	Nash (harbor tug)		New York	4 December 1991	at H. Lee White Marine Museum
87	USS Nautilus (nuclear submarine)	100 px	Connecticut	20 May 1982	Submarine Force Library and Museum
88	Nellie Crockett (buy-boat)		Maryland	19 April 1994
89	Nenana (river steamboat)	Nenana in 1988	Alaska	5 May 1989
90	USS North Carolina	100 px	North Carolina	14 January 1986
91	USS Olympia		Pennsylvania	29 January 1964
92	PT 617		Massachusetts	20 December 1989	at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove)
93	PT 796		Massachusetts	14 January 1986	at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove)
94	USS Pampanito (submarine)		California	14 January 1986
95	Philadelphia (gundelo)		District of Columbia	20 January 1961	within National Museum of American History
96	Potomac (Presidential yacht)		California	14 December 1990
97	Priscilla (sloop)		New York	17 February 2006	at Long Island Maritime Museum
98	Ralph J. Scott (fireboat)		California	30 June 1989	May be part of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum
99	Rebecca T. Ruark (skipjack)		Maryland	31 July 2003
100	Roseway (schooner)	100 px	Maine	25 September 1997
101	Sabino (passenger steamboat)	100 px	Connecticut	5 October 1992	At Mystic Seaport Museum
102	Ste. Claire (passenger steamboat)		Michigan	6 July 1992
103	Savannah (nuclear ship)		Virginia	17 July 1991
104	USS Sequoia (presidential yacht)		District of Columbia	23 December 1987
105	Sergeant Floyd (towboat)		Iowa	5 May 1989
106	USS Silversides (submarine)		Michigan	14 January 1986
107	Star of India (bark)		California	13 November 1966
108	Stephen Taber (schooner)	100 px	Maine	4 December 1991
109	USS The Sullivans		New York	14 January 1986	Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
110	USCGC Taney (Coast Guard cutter)		Maryland	7 June 1988	at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
111	USS Texas		Texas	8 December 1976
112	Ticonderoga (side-paddle-wheel lakeboat)		Vermont	29 January 1964	at the Shelburne Museum
113	USS Torsk (submarine)	USS Torsk docked at the Baltimore Maritime Museum	Maryland	14 January 1986	at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
114	German submarine U-505		Illinois	29 June 1989	Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
115	Victory Chimes (schooner)		Maine	25 September 1997
116	Virginia V (steamboat)	100 px	Washington	5 October 1992
117	W.P. Snyder Jr. (towboat)		Ohio	29 June 1989
118	W.T. Preston (snagboat)		Washington	5 May 1989
119	Wapama (steam schooner)		California	20 April 1984
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

	NHL name for ship^[2]	Image	State^[2]
1	Boston Naval Shipyard	Boston Naval Shipyard in 1958	Massachusetts
2	Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard		Virginia
3	Mare Island Naval Shipyard		California
4	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton Shipyard	Washington

Landmark status withdrawn

	NHL name for ship^[2]	Image	State^[2]	Date declared^[2]	Reason for withdrawal
1	Inaugural (minesweeper)	USS Inaugural hulk after the Great Flood of 1993	Missouri		Hull breached during 1993 flood; wreck deemed a total loss. The landmark designation was withdrawn on August 7, 2001.
2	President (riverboat)	100 px	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]

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.
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