List of U.S. state ships

This is a list of official U.S. state ships as designated by each state's legislature.

Table
StateShipImageYear
designated
Arizona USS Arizona (BB-39)
Two earlier iterations of USS Arizona
California Californian
(state tall ship)		2003[1]
Colorado USS Colorado (SSN-788)[2] 2017[2]
Connecticut USS Nautilus (SSN-571)1983[3][4]
Freedom Schooner Amistad
(state flagship and tall ship ambassador)		2003[4]
Delaware Kalmar Nyckel
(state tall ship)		2016[5]
Massachusetts Schooner Ernestina
(vessel of the commonwealth)		1994[6]
Maryland Skipjack
(state boat)		1985[7]
Maine Bowdoin
(state sailing vessel)		1987[8][9]
New Jersey A. J. Meerwald
(state tall ship)		1998[10][11]
North Carolina Shad boat
(state historical boat)		1987[12][13]
Ohio USS Ohio (SSGN-726)1981
Pennsylvania U.S. Brig Niagara
(flagship of the commonwealth)		1988[14][15][16][17][18]
Rhode Island SSV Oliver Hazard Perry
(flagship and tall ship ambassador)		2018[19]
12-meter Yacht Courageous
(winner of 1974 & 1977 America's Cup)		2000[19][20]
Texas USS Texas (BB-35)1995[21]
Elissa
(state tall ship)		2005[21]
Utah USS Utah (BB-31)
Virginia Chesapeake Bay deadrise
(state boat)
Washington MV President Washington
(became the MV Mahimahi)		1983[22]
Lady Washington2007[23]

See also

References
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  2. "USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee". USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. "CT.gov: The State Ship". August 5, 2002. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  4. "SOTS: Sites, Seals & Symbols". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original on December 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  5. "Delaware Online: Kalmar Nyckel becomes official Tall Ship of Delaware". September 9, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
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  8. "Title 1, §218: State vessel". Maine Legislature. 1987. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
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  12. "GS_145-11". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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  14. PHMC: State Symbols Archived 2007-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "The Pennsylvania General Assembly: House Bill 1071". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  16. "The Pennsylvania Manual: Symbols" (pdf). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  17. Snyder, Rod (Fall 1998). "Trails of History: Erie Maritime Museum: A New Museum Opens a Window to History". Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. XXIV (4). Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  18. Casey, Robert P. (August 17, 1990). "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Executive Order 1990-4" (pdf). Governor of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  19. "Oliver Hazard Perry named Rhode Island's official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador". newportri.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  20. "2000H-8172aa State Yacht". Rhode Island General Assembly. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  21. "State Symbols - Texas State Library". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  22. Washington State Ship: President Washington
  23. "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
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