List of U.S. state ships

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

Table

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State Ship Image Year
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]
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
Pennsylvania U.S. Brig Niagara
(flagship of the commonwealth) 		1988[13][14][15][16][17]
Rhode Island replica of USS Providence
(flagship and tall ship ambassador) 		1992[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)
Virginia Chesapeake Bay deadrise
(state boat)
Washington MV President Washington
(became the MV Mahimahi) 		1983[21]
Lady Washington 2007[22]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols - State Tall Ship". California State Library. 2007. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  2. 1 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. 1 2 "SOTS: Sites, Seals & Symbols". Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  5. ↑ "CIS: State Symbols". Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  6. ↑ "Skipjack, Maryland State Boat". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  7. ↑ "Title 1, §218: State vessel". Maine Legislature. 1987. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  8. ↑ The Arctic Schooner Bowdoin's History, Maine Maritime Academy, retrieved 2010-11-16
  9. ↑ "A.J. Meerwald - NJ's Official Tall Ship". Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  10. ↑ "P.L.1998, c.009 (A750)". New Jersey Legislature. April 21, 1998. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  11. ↑ "GS_145-11". North Carolina General Assembly. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  12. ↑ "Boat, Shad Boat - NCpedia". State Library of North Carolina. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  13. ↑ PHMC: State Symbols
  14. ↑ "The Pennsylvania General Assembly: House Bill 1071". Pennsylvania General Assembly. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  15. ↑ "The Pennsylvania Manual: Symbols" (pdf). Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. p. 3. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Casey, Robert P. (August 17, 1990). "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Executive Order 1990-4" (pdf). Governor of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  18. 1 2 "Rhode Island state symbols". netstate.com. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  19. ↑ "2000H-8172aa State Yacht". Rhode Island General Assembly. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  20. 1 2 "State Symbols - Texas State Library". Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Retrieved 2010-11-17.
  21. ↑ Washington State Ship: President Washington
  22. ↑ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2010-11-16.

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