List of U.S. state ships

This article is about official U.S. state ships and is 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