List of museum ships of the United States military explained

The following is a list of museum ships of the United States military, specifically the United States Navy and the United States Coast Guard. It represents a subset of the list of museum ships comprising museum ships located worldwide.

United States Navy
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Ref
CCB-18	United States	California	Coronado	United States	1968		Command control boat		^[1]
	United States	Alabama	Mobile	United States	1942	(1939)	Battleship	Led the American Fleet into Tokyo Bay on September 5, 1945	^[2]
	United States	New Hampshire	Portsmouth	United States	1953	Albacore Class	Submarine	National Register of Historic Places	^[3]
	United States	Missouri	Gasconade	United States	1982	Pegasus	Hydrofoil		^[4]
	United States	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	United States	1915		Battleship	USS Arizona Memorial, Sunken Wreck	^[5]
	United States	District of Columbia	Washington D.C.	United States	1955		Destroyer	scrapped Brownsville, Texas, 11 February 2022
	United States	Oklahoma	Muskogee	United States	1943		Submarine	Muskogee War Memorial Park	^[6]
Bauru	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	United States	1943		Destroyer escort
	United States	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	United States	1944		Submarine	Independence Seaport Museum	^[7]
	United States	Oregon	Portland	United States	1959		Submarine	Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	^[8]
	United States	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	United States	1943		Submarine	USS Bowfin Submarine and Memorial Park	^[9]
	United States	Wisconsin	Manitowoc	United States	1943		Submarine	Wisconsin Maritime Museum	^[10]
	United States	Mississippi	Vicksburg	United States	1862		Gunboat	Vicksburg National Military Park	^[11]
	United States	Massachusetts	Boston	United States	1943		Destroyer	Boston National Historic Park	^[12]
	United States	Texas	Galveston	United States	1943		Submarine	Cavalla Historical Foundation, sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōkaku	^[13]
HS Velos	Greece	Islands	Poros	United States	1942		Destroyer		^[14]
	United States	South Carolina	Mount Pleasant	United States	1945		Submarine	Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, scrapped 2022	^[15]
	United States	Wisconsin	Manitowoc	United States	1943		Submarine	Wisconsin Maritime Museum	^[16]
	United States	Ohio	Cleveland	United States	1943		Submarine	U.S.S. Cod Submarine Memorial	^[17]
	United States	Maryland	Baltimore	United States	1854	Wooden	Sloop	U.S.S. Constellation Museum	^[18]
	United States	Massachusetts	Boston	United States	1797	Wooden	Frigate	U.S.S. Constitution Museum	^[19]
	United States	New York	Buffalo	United States	1943		Submarine	Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park	^[20]
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Ref
	United States	California	San Diego	United States	1968	Dolphin class	Submarine	Maritime Museum of San Diego	^[21]
	United States	Alabama	Mobile	United States	1941		Submarine	USS Alabama Battleship Commission	^[22]
	United States	Michigan	Bay City	United States	1958		Destroyer
TCG Ege	Turkey	Aegean Region	Izmir	United States	1972		Frigate	at İnciraltı Sea Museum
ROKS Jeon Ju	South Korea	Dangjin-gun	Chungnam	United States	1945		Destroyer
TCG Gayret	Turkey	Kocaeli Province	İzmit	United States	1946		Destroyer
	United States	New York	New York City	United States	1958		Submarine	Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
CSS H. L. Hunley	United States	South Carolina	Charleston	Confederate states of America	1863		Submarine	Warren Lasch Conservation Hall	^[23]
	United States	Arkansas	Little Rock	United States	1940		District Harbor Tug	Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum	^[24]
	United States	Nebraska	Omaha	United States	1944		Minesweeper	National Historic Landmark	^[25]
	United States	California	Alameda	United States	1943		Aircraft carrier	National Historic Landmark, badly damaged the aircraft carrier Zuikaku	^[26]
	United States	New York	New York City	United States	1943		Aircraft carrier	Helped to sink the Japanese battleship Musashi, the largest and most powerful battleship ever made	^[27]
	United States	California	San Pedro	United States	1942		Battleship	as of 7 July 2012
	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	United States	1945		Destroyer	Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.	^[28]
	United States	Louisiana	Baton Rouge	United States	1943		Destroyer	Kamikaze	^[29]
	United States	South Carolina	Mount Pleasant	United States	1943		Destroyer	National Historic Landmark, survived 7 Kamikazes	^[30]
USS LCI(L)-1091	United States	California	Eureka	United States	1944	LCI(L)-351 class LLC	Large Landing Craft	Humboldt Bay	^[31]
USS LCS(L)(3)-102	United States	California	Mare Island	United States	1944		Landing Craft Support	U.S. Navy	^[32]
	United States	Texas	Corpus Christi	United States	1942		Aircraft carrier	Sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku (the last remaining carrier that attacked Pearl Harbor, and the ship that sank Lexington's predecessor, USS Lexington (CV-2))	^[33]
	United States	New Jersey	Hackensack	United States	1943		Submarine	No public access (New Jersey Naval Museum defunct)	^[34]
	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	United States	1943		Submarine		^[35]
	United States	New York	Buffalo	United States	1943		Light cruiser		^[36]
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Ref
USS LST-325	United States	Indiana	Evansville	United States	1942	LST Mk.3	Landing Ship, Tank		^[37]
USS LST-393	United States	Michigan	Muskegon	United States	1942	LST	Landing Ship, Tank	USS LST 393 Veterans Museum
USS LST-1008	China	Shandong	Qingdao	United States	1944	LST	Tank landing ship		^[38]
	United States	Nebraska	Omaha	United States	1953	Mackerel class	Submarine		^[39]
	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	United States	1941	(1939)	Battleship	Fought in the Naval Battle of Casablanca, where she sank or helped to sink 10 ships in total	^[40]
	United States	California	San Diego	United States	1945		Aircraft carrier		^[41]
	United States	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	United States	1944		Battleship	Japanese surrender
Nash (harbor tug)	United States	New York	Oswego	United States	1943		Tugboat	(Army tug) Participated in the Normandy landings	^[42]
	United States	Connecticut	Groton	United States	1954	Nuclear-powered	Submarine	North Pole	^[43]
	United States	New Jersey	Camden	United States	1942		Battleship	New Jersey	^[44]
	United States	North Carolina	Wilmington	United States	1940		Battleship		^[45]
	United States	Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	United States	1892	Steel-hulled	Protected cruiser	Commodore Dewey's flagship, Independence Seaport Museum, served as the flagship at the naval Battle of Manila Bay	^[46]
	United States	Florida	Jacksonville	United States	1945		Destroyer		^[47]
	United States	California	San Francisco	United States	1943		Submarine	National Historic Landmark	^[48]
	United States	District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	United States	1776		Gunboat	Battle of Valcour Island	^[49]
TCG Pirireis	Turkey	Aegean Region	Izmir	United States	1951		Submarine	at İnciraltı Sea Museum
	United States	California	Oakland (Jack London Square)	United States	1934	Presidential	Yacht	Franklin D. Roosevelt	^[50]
PTF-26	United States	Illinois	Golconda	United States	1968	Osprey class	Fast Patrol Boat	Deployed to Vietnam 1968-69. Sea Scout Ship with all-female crew 1998-2020. Relocated as 1st maritime training ship on Ohio River Jan 2024.	^[51]
	North Korea	South Pyongan	Pyongyang	United States	1944		Technical research ship		^[52]
	United States	Arkansas	Little Rock	United States	1944		Submarine
	United States	Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	United States	1945		Submarine
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Ref
	United States	Massachusetts	Quincy	United States	1943		Heavy cruiser
	United States	Michigan	Muskegon	United States	1941		Submarine
	United States	New York	Albany	United States	1944		Destroyer escort
	United States	Texas	Galveston	United States	1942		Destroyer escort	Seawolf Park
ROKS Taedong	South Korea			United States	1943		Frigate
ROCS Te Yang	Republic of China (Taiwan)	Tainan	Tainan City	United States	1945		Destroyer
	United States	Texas	Galveston	United States	1910		Battleship	Flooded herself to aim farther during shore bombardment at the Normandy landings. As of 2023 she is in drydock in Galveston. Future homeport to be decided.
	United States	New York	Buffalo	United States	1943		Destroyer	Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park	^[53]
	United States	Maryland	Baltimore	United States	1944		Submarine	Baltimore Maritime Museum
	United States	Washington	Bremerton	United States	1958		Destroyer	Gulf of Tonkin Incident
TCG Uluçalireis	Turkey	Istanbul Province	Istanbul	United States	1944		Submarine
USS Utah	United States	Hawaii	Pearl Harbor	United States	1909		Battleship	USS Utah Memorial, Sunken wreck
	United States	Oregon	Rainier	United States	1952	LST	Landing Ship, Tank	Preservation status on hold	^[54]
	United States	Virginia	Norfolk	United States	1943		Battleship
	United States	South Carolina	Mount Pleasant	United States	1943		Aircraft carrier
Hiddensee	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	East Germany	1984	Tarantul I	Missile Corvette		^[55]
Trieste	United States	District of Columbia	Washington, D.C.	Italy	1953		Bathyscaphe	Naval Historical Center
Trieste II (DSV-1)	United States	Washington	Keyport	United States	1969		Bathyscaphe	Naval Undersea Museum
HA. 19	United States	Texas	Fredericksburg	Japan	1941	Ko-hyoteki class	Midget submarine	Pearl Harbor	^[56]
	United States	Illinois	Chicago	Nazi Germany	1941	Type IXC	Submarine	Captured in 1944, sank 7 ships and survived a 250-pound bomb
	United States	California	San Diego	Soviet Union	1967	Foxtrot (641) class	Submarine	Maritime Museum of San Diego	^[57]
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Ref
	United States	Florida	Tampa	United States	1945	Victory Ship	Cargo Ship	National Register of Historic Places	^[58]
RV Ben Franklin	Canada	British Columbia	Vancouver	United States	1966	Research vessel	Submarine	Vancouver Maritime Museum	^[59]
SS Hellas Liberty	Greece	Pireus	Pireus	United States	1943	Liberty ship	Cargo Ship
	United States	California	San Francisco	United States	1943	Liberty ship	Cargo Ship		^[60]
	United States	Maryland	Baltimore	United States	1942	Liberty ship	Cargo Ship		^[61]
	United States	California	San Pedro	United States	1945	Victory Ship	Cargo Ship	U.S. Merchant Marine	^[62]
	United States	California	Richmond	United States	1944	Victory Ship	Cargo Ship
PT 309	United States	Texas	Fredericksburg	United States	1944	78' Higgins Type	PT Boat		^[63]
PT 617	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	United States	1945	80' Elco Type	PT Boat		^[64]
PT 658	United States	Oregon	Portland, Oregon	United States	1945	78' Higgins Type	PT Boat		^[65]
PT 796	United States	Massachusetts	Fall River	United States	1945	78' Higgins Type	PT Boat		^[66]
United States Coast Guard
Name	Country	Region	City	Nationality	Launched	Class	Type	Remarks	Links
CG-41410	United States	Wisconsin	Sturgeon Bay	United States	1977	41 UTB class	Utility Boat		^[67]
CG-44404	United States	New Jersey	Cape May	United States	1972	44 MLB class	Motor Life Boat
Brilliant	United States	Connecticut	Mystic	United States	1932		Auxiliary schooner		^[68]
	United States	Michigan	Manistee	United States	1944	Class C (Iris)	USCG seagoing buoy tender
	United States	Washington	Seattle	United States	1927		Patrol Boat		http://www.highlandlab.com/cutteralert.htm
	United States	Michigan	Port Huron	United States	1943	Class C (Iris)	Cutter/Buoy tender		http://www.phmuseum.org/
USCGC Comanche	United States	Washington	Tacoma	United States	1944	ATA-170 class	Fleet Tug		https://www.hnsa.org/hnsa-ships/uscgc-comanche-ata-202-wata-202-wmec-202
	United States	Florida	Key West	United States	1936		Cutter		http://www.uscgcingham.org/
	United States	Michigan	Mackinaw City	United States	1943		Icebreaker		http://www.icebreakermackinawmuseum.org/
	United States	Michigan	Muskegon	United States	1927		Patrol Boat		http://glnmm.org/
USCGC Morris	United States	Texas		United States	1927		Patrol Boat		^[69]
	United States	Minnesota	Duluth	United States	1942	USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender	Cutter	Sold to private interests in 2010
	United States	Maryland	Baltimore	United States	1935		Cutter	Pearl Harbor attack
CG 36500	United States	Massachusetts	Orleans	United States	1946	36-foot lifeboat	Lifeboat		https://web.archive.org/web/20100316222729/http://www.cg36500.org/index.html
Lightship Ambrose	United States	New York	New York	United States	1907	LV-87	Lightvessel	South Street Seaport	http://www.southstreetseaportmuseum.org/index1.aspx?BD=9003
	United States	New Jersey	Camden	United States	1904	LV 79/WAL 506	Lightvessel	Formerly Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and Penn's Landing. Currently Pyne Poynt Marina.
Lightship Columbia	United States	Oregon	Astoria	United States	1951	WLV-604	Lightvessel	List of lightvessel museums in the United States
Lightship Huron	United States	Michigan	Port Huron	United States	1920	LV-103	Lightvessel	List of lightvessel museums in the United States	http://www.phmuseum.org/huron.html
Lightship Chesapeake	United States	Maryland	Baltimore	United States	1930	LV-116	Lightvessel	List of lightvessel museums in the United States	http://www.baltomaritimemuseum.org
Lightship Nantucket	United States	Massachusetts	East Boston,	United States	1936	LV-112	Lightvessel	RMS Olympic List of lightvessel museums in the United States	http://nantucketlightship.com/
Lightship Frying-Pan	United States	New York	New York	United States	1929	LV-115	Lightvessel
Lightship Portsmouth	United States	Virginia	Portsmouth	United States	1915	LV-101	Lightvessel	List of lightvessel museums in the United States
Lightship Swiftsure	United States	Washington	Seattle	United States	1904	LV-83	Lightvessel

See also

• List of museum ships
• List of current ships of the United States Navy
• Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
• List of submarine museums

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