This list of museum ships in North America is a list of notable museum ships located in the continent of North America and it may include ones in overseas parts of Canada and the United States. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly, but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable boats or dugout canoes or the like. This does not include submarines; see List of submarine museums for those. This includes ships formerly serving as museums or preserved at museums, as well as current ones. This includes ships on static display or floating and sometimes used for excursions. It includes only genuine historic ships; replica ships, some associated with museums, are listed separately in the List of ship replicas.

Some historic ships actively used for excursions, and not previously or currently associated with museums, are included in the list of classic vessels. For shipwrecks that may be visited by diving, including some perhaps associated with museums, see List of shipwrecks.

Ships whose coordinates are included below may be seen together in map accessed by clicking on "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page.

Canada Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes Canada Hydrographic Research ship Maritime Museum of the AtlanticHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Canada Icebreaker Lakehead Transportation Museum Society, Thunder Bay, Ontario Ancaster Canada Tugboat Owen Sound Marine & Rail Museum, Owen Sound, Ontario Appeared on Canadian $1 bill from 1974 to 1989. Canada Passenger ship Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba Canada Fisheries patrol vessel Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba Canada Hydrofoil Musée Maritime du Québec, L'Islet, Quebec J.E. Bernier II Canada Sailing boat Musée Maritime du Québec, L'Islet, Quebec CCGS Ernest Lapointe Canada Icebreaker Musée Maritime du Québec, L'Islet-sur-Mer, Quebec Flecia Canada Tugboat Musée Maritime de Charlevoix, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec Canada Destroyer HMCS Haida National Historic Site, Hamilton, Ontario Jean-Yvan Canada Musée Maritime de Charlevoix, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec Joe Simpson Canada Freighter Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba SS Keenora Canada Steamboat Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba Canada Passenger ship Kingston, OntarioSS Keno Canada Sternwheeler Dawson City, Yukon Canada Sternwheeler Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Fishing vessel Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba Marie Clarisse II Canada Schooner Musée Maritime de Charlevoix, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec Built in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, as fishing schooner Archie F. Mackenzie.Moyie Canada Sternwheeler Kaslo, British Columbia World's oldest intact passenger sternwheeler Canada Tugboat Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands SS Naramata Canada Tugboat Penticton, British ColumbiaMS Normac Canada Ferry Port Dalhousie, Ontario Riverboat Mexican GrillPersephone Canada Tugboat Gibsons, British Columbia Used in TV series The BeachcombersPeguis II Canada Tugboat Marine Museum of Manitoba, Selkirk, Manitoba R.F. Grant Canada Tugboat Parc Maritime de Saint-Laurent Radium King Canada Tugboat Northern Life Museum Canada Corvette Maritime Museum of the AtlanticHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada St. André Canada St-Lawrence Motor Schooner Musée Maritime de Charlevoix, Saint-Joseph-de-la-Rive, Quebec Holds 10-minute multi-media experience inside.RCMPV St Roch Canada Schooner Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, BC Circumnavigated North America in 1950, a first. Canada Sternwheeler Penticton, BC Tilikum Canada Dugout canoe Maritime Museum of BC, Victoria, BC

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Ship Image Preservation location From Year launched Type FateRemarksJames Whalen Thunder Bay Canada 1906 TugboatScrapped in 2025SS Norisle Assiginack Canada 1946 FerryScrapped at Port Colborne.MS Norgoma Sault Ste. Marie Canada 1950 Ferry Awaiting scrapping at Sault Ste Marie.

Cuba Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location NotesGranma Cuba Cabin cruiser Memorial Granma, Havana, Cuba Transported Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other revolutionaries to Cuba in 1956.

Mexico

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Ship Image Preservation location From Year launched Type FateRemarks Mazatlán, Sinaloa MexicoGunboatScrapped in 2009.ARM GuanajuatoBoca del Río, Veracruz MexicoGunboatScrapped in 2023.

United States See also List of museum ships of the United States military, which is organized by military service and includes museum ships "of" the United States preserved in other nations.

Alabama See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Alabama Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes United States Battleship Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama Battleship which served in the North Atlantic then in the Pacific, including bombardments of Okinawa and the Japanese mainland.Montgomery United States Snagboat Tom Bevill Lock and Dam Visitor Center, Pickensville, Alabama Steam-powered sternwheel-propelled US Army Corps of Engineers' ship which cleared obstructions in navigable rivers of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida until 1982.

Alaska Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location NotesLibby's No. 23 United States Sailboat Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska Nenana United States Sternwheeler Pioneer Park, Fairbanks, Alaska Chugach United States Wooden Motor Vessel Wrangell Museum, Wrangell, Alaska

Arkansas See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Arkansas Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location NotesHoga United States District harbor tug Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, Arkansas Pearl Harbor participant

California See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least six in California

Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes United States Schooner San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California United States Tugboat Morro Bay Maritime Museum, Morro Bay, California United States Tugboat Los Angeles Maritime Museum, San Pedro, Los Angeles, California United States Full-rigged ship San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, California United States Ferryboat Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California United States Schooner San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, San Francisco, California Eppleton Hall United Kingdom Tugboat San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Eureka United States Paddle steamer San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, CaliforniaCCB-18 United States River monitor Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Coronado, California CG 30615 United States Lifeboat Morro Bay Maritime Museum, Morro Bay, California Hercules United States Tugboat Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco, California United States Aircraft carrier USS Hornet Museum, Naval Air Station Alameda, Alameda, California United States Battleship USS Iowa Museum, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California United States Cargo ship Pier 45, San Francisco, California United States Cargo ship San Pedro, California Rare surviving Victory ship; served in WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam WarUSS LCI(L)-1091 United States Landing Craft Infantry Humboldt Bay, Samoa, California USS LCS(L)(3)-102 United States Landing Craft Support Mare Island Historic Park, Vallejo, California USS Lucid United States Minesweeper Stockton, California Medea United States Steam yacht Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California United States Aircraft carrier USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California PCF-104 United States Patrol boat Vietnam Unit Memorial Monument, Naval Amphibious Base Coronado PCF-816 United States Patrol boat Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California Pilot United StatesPilot boatMaritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, CaliforniaPTF 26 United States Fast patrol boat Maritime Pastoral Training Foundation, Golconda, Illinois United States Presidential yacht Jack London Square, Oakland, California Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidential yacht United Kingdom Ocean Liner Long Beach Ralph J. Scott United States Fireboat California United States Victory ship, Cargo ship Richmond, California Relief United States Lightship Oakland, California Spindrift United States Fishing vessel Morro Bay Maritime Museum, Morro Bay, California Star of India United Kingdom Barque Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California

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Ship Country of preservation Region of preservation City of preservation From Year launched Type FateRemarksCaritasUnited StatesCaliforniaSmith RiverGermany1925Patrol yachtClosed in 2012.Remains in the same spot as of 2021.NingpoUnited StatesCaliforniaCatalina HarborChina 1753JunkBurned in 1938.WapamaUnited States California RichmondUnited States 1915Steam schoonerScrapped in 2015.

Connecticut See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least six in Connecticut Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes United States Sandbagger sloop Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Catboat Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Auxiliary schooner Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Whaler Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Sloop Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Fire Fighter United States Fireboat Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, ConnecticutFlorence United States Western-rig dragger Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Gerda III Denmark Lighthouse tender Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Joseph Conrad Denmark Sailing ship Mystic Seaport, Mystic, ConnecticutKingston II United States Harbor tug Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Schooner Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Nellie United States Oyster sloop Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Sabino United States Ferry Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut United States Fishing vessel Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Regina M. United States Carry-away sloop Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut Roann United States Eastern-rig dragger Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut

Florida See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Florida Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes United States Cargo ship American Victory Ship & Museum, Tampa, Florida Deep Diver United States Research submersible Marine Sciences Center, Fort Pierce, Florida United States Cutter Key West, Florida United States Destroyer Jacksonville, Florida Served in the US Navy from 1945 to 1982, sold to Turkey and renamed Yücetepe (D 345). Museum ship in Texas from 2000 until she was transferred to Jacksonville in 2022.PTF 3 United States Fast patrol boat DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, DeLand, Florida

Former Ship Country of preservation Region of preservation City of preservation From Year launched Type FateRemarks HuntingtonUnited StatesFloridaPalm Beach United States1933TugboatScrapped in 2010.

Georgia See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Georgia

Hawaii See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least two in Hawaii Ship Image Year launched Origin Type Location Notes United States Battleship Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Received Japanese surrender in 1945

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Ship Image Country of preservation Region of preservation City of preservation From Year launched Type FateRemarksCarthaginian United StatesHawaiiLahaina, HawaiiDenmark1921SchoonerRan aground in 1972, later scrapped.Carthaginian II United StatesHawaiiLahaina, HawaiiSweden1920SchoonerSunk as an artificial reef in 2005.Falls of ClydeUnited StatesHawaiiHonolulu, Hawaii United Kingdom1878Oil tanker clipper shipScuttled on 15 October 2025.

Idaho See also List of submarine museums in the United States, which includes at least one in Idaho

Illinois