List of U.S. state ships

This article is about official U.S. state ships. Not to be confused with List of United States Navy ships named after US states.

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)		[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]

See also

• List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia