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

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This is a list of the 133 National Historic Landmarks in the United States that are ships, shipwrecks, or shipyards. [1]

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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

Name (according to NHL) [2] ImageState [2] Date
declared [2] 		Museum association
1 Antonio Lopez PRAntonioLopez1.jpg Puerto Rico9 December 1997
2 USS Arizona (shipwreck) USS Arizona Memorial (aerial view).jpg Hawaii5 May 1989Shipwreck
3 Land Tortoise (radeau) New York5 August 1998Shipwreck
4 Maple Leaf (shipwreck) Florida12 October 1994Shipwreck
5 USS Monitor USSMonitor1862.2.ws.jpg North Carolina23 June 1986Shipwreck
6 Truk Lagoon Underwater Fleet, Truk Atoll Divers next to the mast of the Unkai Maru wreck, Truk Lagoon, Micronesia.jpg Micronesia 4 February 1985Shipwrecks
7 USS Utah (shipwreck) USS Utah (AG-16) capsizing at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 (80-G-266626).jpg Hawaii5 May 1989Shipwreck

Ships

Name (according to NHL) [2] ImageState [2] Date
declared [2] 		Museum association
1 Adventure (schooner) Adv bowd2.jpg Massachusetts19 April 1994
2 Adventuress (schooner) Adventuress Under Sail.jpg Washington11 April 1989
3 USS Alabama (battleship) USS Alabama Mobile, Alabama 002.JPG Alabama14 January 1986
4 USS Albacore (submarine) USS Albacore (AGSS-569) underway off Newport, Rhode Island (USA), on 11 March 1957 (80-G-K-22262).jpg New Hampshire11 April 1989Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum
5 Alma (scow schooner) 1900alma.jpg California7 July 1988 San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
6 American Eagle (schooner) American Eagle NHL.jpg Maine4 December 1991
7 Arthur Foss (tug) Tugboat Arthur Foss 04.jpg Washington11 April 1989
8 SS Badger SS Badger CloseUP.png Michigan20 January 2016 [3]
9 Balclutha (square-rigger) Balclutha (San Francisco).JPG California4 February 1985
10 Baltimore (tug) Baltimore (tugboat), Baltimore, Maryland.jpg Maryland4 November 1993
11 USS Becuna (submarine) USS Becuna;0831914.jpg Pennsylvania14 January 1986
12 Belle of Louisville (river steamboat) Belle of Louisville 2.jpg Kentucky30 June 1989
13 Berkeley (ferry) Berkeley-ferryboat-stack.jpg California14 December 1990
14 Bowdoin (Arctic exploration schooner) Bowdoin SableIsland.jpg Maine20 December 1989
15 USS Bowfin (submarine) USS Bowmin submarine - full view side.jpg Hawaii14 January 1986
16 USCGC Bramble (cutter) USCGCbramble.jpg Michigan1 August 2012former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan, now MV Bramble
17 C. A. Thayer (schooner) C A Thayer.JPG California13 November 1966
18 Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge) Captain Meriwether Lewis dredge 2.JPG Nebraska11 April 1989
19 USS Cassin Young USS Cassin Young 2007.jpg Massachusetts14 January 1986 Boston National Historical Park
20 Charles W. Morgan (bark) Charles W Morgan.jpg Connecticut13 November 1966At Mystic Seaport Museum
21 Christeen (sloop) Christine-bundled-up-for-winter.jpg New York4 December 1991
22 City of Milwaukee (Great Lakes car ferry) SS City of Milwaukee.jpg Michigan14 December 1990
23 USS Clamagore (submarine) USSClamagore112403.jpg South Carolina29 June 1989 Patriot's Point
24 USS Cobia (submarine) USSCobiaSS245.jpg Wisconsin14 January 1986
25 USS Cod (submarine) USS Cod;0822430.jpg Ohio14 January 1986The USS COD Submarine Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and is docked in Cleveland, Ohio.
26 Columbia (excursion steamer) Steamer Columbia - Detroit MI - 1905.jpg Michigan6 July 1992
27 Constellation (frigate) USS Constellation 1.jpeg Maryland23 May 1963
28 USS Constitution (frigate) USS Constitution 1997.jpg Massachusetts19 December 1960 Boston National Historical Park
29 Delta Queen (river steamboat) DeltaQueen.jpg Louisiana29 June 1989
30 Deluge (fire fighting tug) Deluge1.jpg Louisiana30 June 1989
31 Donald B. (towboat) Donald B.jpg Indiana20 December 1989
32 USS Drum (submarine) USS Drum SS-228 in Mobile.jpg Alabama14 January 1986
33 Duwamish (fireboat) Duwamish fire boat.jpg Washington30 June 1989
34 Edna E. Lockwood (bugeye) Edna Lockwood.JPG Maryland19 April 1994
35 USS Edson USS Edson (DD-946).jpg Michigan21 June 1990Relocated From New York to Michigan as museum ship in 2013.
36 Edward M. Cotter fireboat Edward M.Cotter 009.jpg New York28 June 1996Active duty with the Buffalo Fire Department
37 Elissa (bark) Elissa-ship.jpg Texas14 December 1990
38 Emma C. Berry (sloop) EmmaberrymysticCTUSA.jpg Connecticut12 October 1994At Mystic Seaport Museum
39 Ernestina (schooner) Effie M. Morrissey 1894.jpg Massachusetts14 December 1990 New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
40 Eureka (double-ended ferry) Eurekabow.jpg California4 February 1985
41 Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil tanker) Fallsofclydehonolulu.jpg Hawaii11 April 1989
42 USCGC Fir USCGC Fir B&W.jpg California27 April 1992
43 Fireboat No. 1 Fireboat1-ruston-way-tacoma.jpg Washington30 June 1989
44 Fire Fighter Firefighter-nhl.JPG New York30 June 1989
45 George M. Verity (towboat) Verity Keokuk.JPG Iowa20 December 1989
46 Goldenrod (showboat) Goldenrod Showboat Sign.jpg Missouri24 December 1967
47 Governor Stone (schooner) FWB Governor Stone01.jpg Florida4 December 1991
48 Grace Bailey (schooner) Grace Bailey.jpg Maine4 December 1991
49 HA. 19 (midget submarine) HA-19 Japanese midget submarine grounded on an Oahu Beach, December 1941.jpg Texas30 June 1989At National Museum of the Pacific War
50 USS Hazard (minesweeper) USS Hazard AM-240.jpg Nebraska14 January 1986
51 Hercules (tug) Hercules (steam tug, San Francisco).JPG California17 January 1986
52 Hilda M. Willing (skipjack) HildaWillingLRWalls.jpg Maryland19 April 1994
53 Hoga (YT-146) 80-G-312058.jpg Arkansas30 June 1989
54 USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier) USS-Hornet-CV-12-Dsc08437.jpg California4 December 1991
55 USCGC Ingham Ingham PointPleasant Delgado 1990 cropped.jpg South Carolina27 April 1992formerly Patriot's Point
relocating to USS Mohawk CGC Memorial Museum
56 USS Intrepid (CV-11) USS Intrepid (CVS-11) underway in the South China Sea on 17 October 1968 (NNMA.1996.488.244.058).jpg New York14 January 1986 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
57 Isaac H. Evans (schooner) Schooner Isaac H Evans.jpg Maine4 December 1991
58 J. & E. Riggin (schooner) J&ERiggin.jpg Maine4 December 1991
59 Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship) Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship, San Francisco).JPG California14 January 1986
60 USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer) USS Joseph P Kennedy (DD-850) underway.jpg Massachusetts29 June 1989 Battleship Cove
61 Kathryn (skipjack) KATHRYN-Two-sail Bateau Skipjack, Dogwood Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, Tilghman vicinity (Talbot County, Maryland).jpg Maryland19 April 1994
62 USS Kidd (destroyer) USS Kidd (DD-661) Baton Rouge.jpg Louisiana14 January 1986
63 L. A. Dunton (schooner) L.A. Dunton 2008.jpg Connecticut4 November 1993At Mystic Seaport Museum
64 USS Laffey USS Laffey DD-724.jpg South Carolina14 January 1986 Patriot's Point
65 Lane Victory (Victory ship) Vincent Thomas Bridge.jpg California14 December 1990
66 Lettie G. Howard (schooner) Schooner Lettie G. Howard, South Street Seaport Museum, New York (New York County, New York).jpg New York11 April 1989 South Street Seaport Museum
67 USS Lexington USS Lexington 1.jpg Texas31 July 2003
68 Lewis R. French (schooner) Lewis R. French NHL.jpg Maine4 December 1991
69 Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose" Ambrose Lightship.jpg New York11 April 1989at South Street Seaport museum
70 Lightship No. 103, "Huron" Huron Lightship early career.jpg Michigan20 December 1989
71 Lightship No. 83, "Swiftsure" Swiftsure 01.jpg Washington11 April 1989
72 Lightship No. 101, "Portsmouth" A Light Named Portsmouth.jpg Virginia5 May 1989
73 Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket" Nantucket-lightship.jpg Massachusetts20 December 1989was in Connecticut and New York; now owned by the United States Lightship Museum
74 Lightship No. 116, "Chesapeake" Lightship Chesapeake Baltimore MD1.jpg Maryland20 December 1989at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
75 Lightship WAL-604, "Columbia" LightshipColumbia.jpg Oregon20 December 1989
76 Lightship WAL-605, "Relief" LS 13.jpg California20 December 1989
77 USS Lionfish (submarine) USS Lionfish (SS-298).jpg Massachusetts14 January 1986 Battleship Cove
78 Lone Star (towboat) Lone Star.jpg Iowa20 December 1989
79 Luna (tugboat) Tugboat Luna 1.jpg Massachusetts11 April 1989
80 Majestic (showboat) Showboat Majestic at Cincinnati.jpg Ohio20 December 1989
81 USS Massachusetts (battleship) Uss massachusetts bb.jpg Massachusetts14 January 1986 Battleship Cove
82 Mayor Andrew Broaddus (lifesaving station) MayorAndrewBroaddus.jpg Kentucky30 June 1989
83 Mercantile (schooner) TheMercantile.jpg Maine4 December 1991
84 Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) MilwaukeeClipperStarboardBow.jpg Michigan11 April 1989
85 Modesty Modesty-sloop.jpg New York7 August 2001at Long Island Maritime Museum
86 Montgomery (snagboat) Montgomery on the Apalachicola.jpg Alabama30 June 1989
87 Nash (harbor tug) Nash tugboat.jpg New York4 December 1991at H. Lee White Marine Museum
88 USS Nautilus (nuclear submarine) Nautilus (SSN 571) Groton CT 2002 May 08.jpg Connecticut20 May 1982 Submarine Force Library and Museum
89 Nellie Crockett (buy-boat) Maryland19 April 1994
90 Nenana (river steamboat) Nenana (steamer) Fairbanks, Alaska.jpg Alaska5 May 1989
91 USS North Carolina USS North Carolina (BB-55) underway at sea on 3 June 1946 (NH 97267).jpg North Carolina14 January 1986
92 USS Olympia USS Olympia 2.jpg Pennsylvania29 January 1964
93 PT 617 PT Boat at Battleship Cove.JPG Massachusetts20 December 1989at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove)
94 PT 796 PT 796.jpg Massachusetts14 January 1986at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove)
95 USS Pampanito (submarine) Pampanito (submarine, San Francisco).JPG California14 January 1986
96 Philadelphia (gundelo) GunboatPhiladelphia.jpg District of Columbia20 January 1961within National Museum of American History
97 Potomac (Presidential yacht) Uss-potomac-at-oakland.jpg California14 December 1990
98 Priscilla (sloop) Priscilla-bundled-up-for-winter.jpg New York17 February 2006at Long Island Maritime Museum
99 Ralph J. Scott (fireboat) Ralph J. Scott (fireboat).JPG California30 June 1989May be part of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum
100 Rebecca T. Ruark (skipjack) Rebecca T. Ruark skipjack MD1.jpg Maryland31 July 2003
101 Roseway (schooner) Rosewayfirehose.jpg Maine25 September 1997
102 Sabino (passenger steamboat) Sabino in 2005.jpg Connecticut5 October 1992At Mystic Seaport Museum
103 Ste. Claire (passenger steamboat) Steamer Ste Claire c 1915.jpg Michigan6 July 1992
104 Savannah (nuclear ship) NSsavannah-1962.jpg Virginia17 July 1991
105 USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) US Navy 030423-N-0000X-001 The former Presidential Yacht USS Sequoia (AG 23) travels down the Potomac River near Washington D.C.jpg District of Columbia23 December 1987
106 Sergeant Floyd (towboat) MV Sgt Floyd PA130675.JPG Iowa5 May 1989
107 USS Silversides (submarine) USS Silversides;0823622.jpg Michigan14 January 1986
108 Star of India (bark) STARofIndia(c)Ted Rufus Ross.JPG California13 November 1966
109 Stephen Taber (schooner) StephenTaber.jpg Maine4 December 1991
110 USS The Sullivans U.S.S. The Sullivans 2.jpg New York14 January 1986 Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park
111 USCGC Taney (Coast Guard cutter) USCGC Taney.jpg Maryland7 June 1988at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
112 USS Texas USS Texas BB-35.jpg Texas8 December 1976
113 Ticonderoga (side-paddle-wheel lakeboat) Ferry TICONDEROGA, Route 7, Shelburne (Chittenden County, Vermont).jpg Vermont29 January 1964at the Shelburne Museum
114 USS Torsk (submarine) USSTorsk1.jpg Maryland14 January 1986at the Baltimore Maritime Museum
115 German submarine U-505 A U.S. Navy boarding party working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U-505, 4 June 1944 (80-G-49172).jpg Illinois29 June 1989 Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
116 Victory Chimes (schooner) Victory Chimes.jpg Maine25 September 1997
117 Virginia V (steamboat) Virginia V opening day 2011.jpg Washington5 October 1992
118 W.P. Snyder Jr. (towboat) W.P.SnyderJr.jpg Ohio29 June 1989
119 W.T. Preston (snagboat) WTPreston.jpg Washington5 May 1989
120 William B. Tennison (buy-boat) Tennison Above Dec 08.JPG Maryland19 April 1994
121 William M. Black (dredge) William m black dredge.jpg Iowa27 April 1992 National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
122 USS Yorktown USS Yorktown from Charleston Harbor.JPG South Carolina14 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] ImageState [2] Date
declared [2]
1 Boston Naval Shipyard Boston Naval Shipyard 1958.jpg Massachusetts
2 Drydock Number One, Norfolk Naval Shipyard DrydockNumber1.jpg Virginia
3 Mare Island Naval Shipyard USS Wadleigh (DD-689) at Mare Island Naval Yard, stern view.jpg California
4 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Aerial Bremerton Shipyard.jpg Washington

Previous landmarks

Name (according to NHL) [2] ImageState [2] Date
declared [2] 		Notes
1 Inaugural (minesweeper) USS Inaugural 01AUG2012.jpg MissouriHull breached during 1993 flood; wreck deemed a total loss. The landmark designation was withdrawn on August 7, 2001.
2 President (riverboat) SSPresident.gif IllinoisShip 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) Steam Schooner WAPAMA, Sausalito (Marin County, California).jpg CaliforniaDry 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]

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Wapama (Steam Schooner)" . Retrieved 2016-07-04.
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