List of U.S. state ships

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

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! State !! Ship !! Image !! Year
designated

rowspan=2 | Arizona

| {{USS|Arizona|BB-39}} || 240px || {{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

Two earlier iterations of USS Arizona{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
California

| Californian
(state tall ship) || 240px || 2003{{Cite web|year=2007|url=http://www.library.ca.gov/history/symbols.html#ship|title=California State Library - History and Culture - State Symbols - State Tall Ship|publisher=California State Library|accessdate=2010-11-17}}

rowspan=2 | Connecticut

| {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571}} || 240px || 1983{{Cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/ctportal/cwp/view.asp?a=885&q=246518|title=CT.gov: The State Ship|date=August 5, 2002|accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?A=3188&Q=392608|title=SOTS: Sites, Seals & Symbols|publisher=Secretary of the State of Connecticut|date=March 23, 2010|accessdate=2010-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210041918/http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3188&q=392608|archive-date=December 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}

Freedom Schooner Amistad
(state flagship and tall ship ambassador)
240px2003
Delaware

| Kalmar Nyckel
(state tall ship)|| 240px || 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/09/09/kalmar-nyckel-becomes-tall-ship-delaware/90113736/|title=Delaware Online: Kalmar Nyckel becomes official Tall Ship of Delaware|date=September 9, 2016|accessdate=2016-09-09}}

Massachusetts

| Schooner Ernestina
(vessel of the commonwealth) ||240px || 1994{{Cite web|url=http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf1a.htm|title=CIS: State Symbols|publisher=Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth|accessdate=2010-11-17}}

Maryland

| Skipjack
(state boat) ||240px|| 1985{{cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/01glance/html/symbols/boat.html|title=Skipjack, Maryland State Boat|publisher=Maryland State Archives|accessdate=2010-11-16}}

Maine

| Bowdoin
(state sailing vessel) ||240px|| 1987{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/1/title1sec218.html|title=Title 1, §218: State vessel|publisher=Maine Legislature|year=1987|accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{citation|url=http://bowdoin.mma.edu/history.html|title=The Arctic Schooner Bowdoin's History|publisher=Maine Maritime Academy|accessdate=2010-11-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916210123/http://bowdoin.mma.edu/history.html|archive-date=2010-09-16|url-status=dead}}

New Jersey

| A. J. Meerwald
(state tall ship) ||240px|| 1998{{Cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/njfacts/meerwald1.html|title=A.J. Meerwald - NJ's Official Tall Ship|accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/9899/Bills/pl98/9_.htm|title=P.L.1998, c.009 (A750)|date=April 21, 1998|publisher=New Jersey Legislature|accessdate=2010-11-17}}

North Carolina

| Shad boat
(state historical boat)|| || 1987{{cite web|url=http://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_145/GS_145-11.html|title=GS_145-11|publisher=North Carolina General Assembly|accessdate=2010-11-16}}{{cite web|url=http://ncpedia.org/symbols/boat|title=Boat, Shad Boat - NCpedia|publisher=State Library of North Carolina|accessdate=2010-11-16}}

Ohio

| {{USS|Ohio|SSGN-726}} ||240px || 1981{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}

Pennsylvania

| U.S. Brig Niagara
(flagship of the commonwealth) || 240px || 1988[http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31 PHMC: State Symbols] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014215922/http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/pahist/symbols.asp?secid=31 |date=2007-10-14 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=1987&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=1071|title=The Pennsylvania General Assembly: House Bill 1071|publisher=Pennsylvania General Assembly|accessdate=2010-11-16}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/71262/vol_116_-_sec_1_-_state_symbols_pdf?qid=51639099&rank=1|title=The Pennsylvania Manual: Symbols|page=3|format=pdf|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{Cite journal|last=Snyder|first=Rod|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/trails_of_history/4287/erie_maritime_museum_%28ph%29/472416|title=Trails of History: Erie Maritime Museum: A New Museum Opens a Window to History|publisher=Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission|journal=Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine|volume=XXIV|number=4|date=Fall 1998|accessdate=2010-11-17}}{{Cite web|authorlink=Robert P. Casey|last=Casey|first=Robert P.|publisher=Governor of Pennsylvania|title=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Executive Order 1990-4|url=http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/765/1990-04_united_states_brig_niagara_-__flagship_of_pennsylvania_?qid=50984665&rank=3|date=August 17, 1990|format=pdf|accessdate=2010-11-17}}

rowspan=2 | Rhode Island

| SSV Oliver Hazard Perry
(flagship and tall ship ambassador) || 240px || 2018{{cite web | url=http://www.newportri.com/news/20180802/oliver-hazard-perry-named-rhode-islands-official-flagship-and-tall-ship-ambassador | title= Oliver Hazard Perry named Rhode Island's official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador | publisher= newportri.com |accessdate= 9 August 2018}}

12-meter Yacht Courageous
(winner of 1974 & 1977 America's Cup)
2000{{cite web | url=http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext00/housetext00/h8172aa.htm | title=2000H-8172aa State Yacht | publisher=Rhode Island General Assembly | accessdate=1 January 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406064922/http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext00/housetext00/h8172aa.htm | archive-date=6 April 2012 | url-status=dead }}
rowspan=2 |Texas

| {{USS|Texas|BB-35}} || 240px || 1995{{Cite web|url=http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/symbols.html|title=State Symbols - Texas State Library|publisher=Texas State Library and Archives Commission|accessdate=2010-11-17}}

Elissa
(state tall ship)
240px2005
Utah

| {{USS|Utah|BB-31}} || 240px || {{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

Virginia

| Chesapeake Bay deadrise
(state boat)

rowspan=2 |Washington

| MV President Washington
(became the MV Mahimahi) || || 1983[http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ships/wa_president_washington.htm Washington State Ship: President Washington]

Lady Washington240px2007{{Cite web|url=http://www.leg.wa.gov/Symbols/Pages/default.aspx|title=Symbols of Washington State|publisher=Washington State Legislature|accessdate=2010-11-16}}

See also

References

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