Of the more than 2,500 NHLs, about 5 percent are ships, shipwrecks, or shipyards.
The NHL ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards are distributed across 31 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.-associated state of Micronesia. Nineteen states have no ships among their NHLs.
| Name (according to NHL) | Image | State | Date
declared | | Museum association |
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| 1 | Adventure (schooner) | | Massachusetts | | |
| 2 | Adventuress (schooner) | | Washington | | |
| 3 | USS Alabama (battleship) | | Alabama | | |
| 4 | USS Albacore (submarine) | | New Hampshire | | Port of Portsmouth Maritime Museum |
| 5 | Alma (scow schooner) | | California | | San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park |
| 6 | American Eagle (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 7 | Arthur Foss (tug) | | Washington | | |
| 8 | SS Badger | | Michigan | [3] | |
| 9 | Balclutha (square-rigger) | | California | | |
| 10 | Baltimore (tug) | | Maryland | | |
| 11 | USS Becuna (submarine) | | Pennsylvania | | |
| 12 | Belle of Louisville (river steamboat) | | Kentucky | | |
| 13 | Berkeley (ferry) | | California | | |
| 14 | Bowdoin (Arctic exploration schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 15 | USS Bowfin (submarine) | | Hawaii | | |
| 16 | USCGC Bramble (cutter) | | Michigan | | former museum ship in Port Huron, Michigan, now MV Bramble |
| 17 | C. A. Thayer (schooner) | | California | | |
| 18 | Captain Meriwether Lewis (dustpan dredge) | | Nebraska | | |
| 19 | USS Cassin Young | | Massachusetts | | Boston National Historical Park |
| 20 | Charles W. Morgan (bark) | | Connecticut | | At Mystic Seaport Museum |
| 21 | Christeen (sloop) | | New York | | |
| 22 | City of Milwaukee (Great Lakes car ferry) | | Michigan | | |
| 23 | USS Clamagore (submarine) | | South Carolina | | Patriot's Point |
| 24 | USS Cobia (submarine) | | Wisconsin | | |
| 25 | USS Cod (submarine) | | Ohio | | The USS COD Submarine Memorial is a National Historic Landmark and is docked in Cleveland, Ohio. | |
| 26 | Columbia (excursion steamer) | | Michigan | | |
| 27 | Constellation (frigate) | | Maryland | | |
| 28 | USS Constitution (frigate) | | Massachusetts | | Boston National Historical Park |
| 29 | Delta Queen (river steamboat) | | Louisiana | | |
| 30 | Deluge (fire fighting tug) | | Louisiana | | |
| 31 | Donald B. (towboat) | | Indiana | | |
| 32 | USS Drum (submarine) | | Alabama | | |
| 33 | Duwamish (fireboat) | | Washington | | |
| 34 | Edna E. Lockwood (bugeye) | | Maryland | | |
| 35 | USS Edson | | Michigan | | Relocated From New York to Michigan as museum ship in 2013. |
| 36 | Edward M. Cotter fireboat | | New York | | Active duty with the Buffalo Fire Department |
| 37 | Elissa (bark) | | Texas | | |
| 38 | Emma C. Berry (sloop) | | Connecticut | | At Mystic Seaport Museum |
| 39 | Ernestina (schooner) | | Massachusetts | | New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park |
| 40 | Eureka (double-ended ferry) | | California | | |
| 41 | Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil tanker) | | Hawaii | | |
| 42 | USCGC Fir | | California | | |
| 43 | Fireboat No. 1 | | Washington | | |
| 44 | Fire Fighter | | New York | | |
| 45 | George M. Verity (towboat) | | Iowa | | |
| 46 | Goldenrod (showboat) | | Missouri | | |
| 47 | Governor Stone (schooner) | | Florida | | |
| 48 | Grace Bailey (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 49 | HA. 19 (midget submarine) | | Texas | | At National Museum of the Pacific War |
| 50 | USS Hazard (minesweeper) | | Nebraska | | |
| 51 | Hercules (tug) | | California | | |
| 52 | Hilda M. Willing (skipjack) | | Maryland | | |
| 53 | | | Arkansas | | |
| 54 | USS Hornet (CVS-12) (aircraft carrier) | | California | | |
| 55 | USCGC Ingham | | South Carolina | | formerly Patriot's Point
relocating to USS Mohawk CGC Memorial Museum |
| 56 | USS Intrepid (CV-11) | | New York | | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum |
| 57 | Isaac H. Evans (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 58 | J. & E. Riggin (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 59 | Jeremiah O'Brien (Liberty ship) | | California | | |
| 60 | USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (destroyer) | | Massachusetts | | Battleship Cove |
| 61 | Kathryn (skipjack) | | Maryland | | |
| 62 | USS Kidd (destroyer) | | Louisiana | | |
| 63 | L. A. Dunton (schooner) | | Connecticut | | At Mystic Seaport Museum |
| 64 | USS Laffey | | South Carolina | | Patriot's Point |
| 65 | Lane Victory (Victory ship) | | California | | |
| 66 | Lettie G. Howard (schooner) | | New York | | South Street Seaport Museum |
| 67 | USS Lexington | | Texas | | |
| 68 | Lewis R. French (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 69 | Lightship No. 87, "Ambrose" | | New York | | at South Street Seaport museum |
| 70 | Lightship No. 103, "Huron" | | Michigan | | |
| 71 | Lightship No. 83, "Swiftsure" | | Washington | | |
| 72 | Lightship No. 101, "Portsmouth" | | Virginia | | |
| 73 | Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket" | | Massachusetts | | was in Connecticut and New York; now owned by the United States Lightship Museum |
| 74 | Lightship No. 116, "Chesapeake" | | Maryland | | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum |
| 75 | Lightship WAL-604, "Columbia" | | Oregon | | |
| 76 | Lightship WAL-605, "Relief" | | California | | |
| 77 | USS Lionfish (submarine) | | Massachusetts | | Battleship Cove |
| 78 | Lone Star (towboat) | | Iowa | | |
| 79 | Luna (tugboat) | | Massachusetts | | |
| 80 | Majestic (showboat) | | Ohio | | |
| 81 | USS Massachusetts (battleship) | | Massachusetts | | Battleship Cove |
| 82 | Mayor Andrew Broaddus (lifesaving station) | | Kentucky | | |
| 83 | Mercantile (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 84 | Milwaukee Clipper (passenger steamship) | | Michigan | | |
| 85 | Modesty | | New York | | at Long Island Maritime Museum |
| 86 | Montgomery (snagboat) | | Alabama | | |
| 87 | Nash (harbor tug) | | New York | | at H. Lee White Marine Museum |
| 88 | USS Nautilus (nuclear submarine) | | Connecticut | | Submarine Force Library and Museum |
| 89 | Nellie Crockett (buy-boat) | | Maryland | | |
| 90 | Nenana (river steamboat) | | Alaska | | |
| 91 | USS North Carolina | | North Carolina | | |
| 92 | USS Olympia | | Pennsylvania | | |
| 93 | PT 617 | | Massachusetts | | at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove) |
| 94 | PT 796 | | Massachusetts | | at PT Boat Museum (Battleship Cove) |
| 95 | USS Pampanito (submarine) | | California | | |
| 96 | Philadelphia (gundelo) | | District of Columbia | | within National Museum of American History |
| 97 | Potomac (Presidential yacht) | | California | | |
| 98 | Priscilla (sloop) | | New York | | at Long Island Maritime Museum |
| 99 | Ralph J. Scott (fireboat) | | California | | May be part of the Los Angeles Maritime Museum |
| 100 | Rebecca T. Ruark (skipjack) | | Maryland | | |
| 101 | Roseway (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 102 | Sabino (passenger steamboat) | | Connecticut | | At Mystic Seaport Museum |
| 103 | Ste. Claire (passenger steamboat) | | Michigan | | |
| 104 | Savannah (nuclear ship) | | Virginia | | |
| 105 | USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) | | District of Columbia | | |
| 106 | Sergeant Floyd (towboat) | | Iowa | | |
| 107 | USS Silversides (submarine) | | Michigan | | |
| 108 | Star of India (bark) | | California | | |
| 109 | Stephen Taber (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 110 | USS The Sullivans | | New York | | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park |
| 111 | USCGC Taney (Coast Guard cutter) | | Maryland | | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum |
| 112 | USS Texas | | Texas | | |
| 113 | Ticonderoga (side-paddle-wheel lakeboat) | | Vermont | | at the Shelburne Museum |
| 114 | USS Torsk (submarine) | | Maryland | | at the Baltimore Maritime Museum |
| 115 | | | Illinois | | Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago |
| 116 | Victory Chimes (schooner) | | Maine | | |
| 117 | Virginia V (steamboat) | | Washington | | |
| 118 | W.P. Snyder Jr. (towboat) | | Ohio | | |
| 119 | W.T. Preston (snagboat) | | Washington | | |
| 120 | William B. Tennison (buy-boat) | | Maryland | | |
| 121 | William M. Black (dredge) | | Iowa | | National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium |
| 122 | USS Yorktown | | South Carolina | | Patriot's Point |
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States having no ships among their NHLs are: Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
