Museum Ships

Museum Ships

A museum ship, or sometimes memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, a use found mostly with the small number of museum ships that are still operational, i.e., capable of regular movement.

There are several hundred museum ships around the world, with around 175 of them organised in the Historic Naval Ships Association, though there are also many non-naval museum ships as well, from general merchant ships to tugs and lightships. Many, if not most, museum ships are also associated with a maritime museum.

Lists of museum ships and more

A comprehensive, sortable, annotated list of museum ships around the world. Replica ships are listed separately in the article on ship replicas. Ships that are not museum ships, but are still actively used for excursions are included in the list of classic vessels.

British Maritime Heritage Sites
Historic Naval Ships Visitors' Guide
Historic Ocean Liners of the World
Maritime Heritage Network of the Pacific Northwest
Maritime Museums in Britain and Ireland - Vessels
National Park Service Maritime Heritage Program
Naval and Maritime Museums List International (Except USA)
Naval and Maritime Museums List United States of America
National Register of Historic Vessels (United Kingdom)
Submarine Museums in the United States
World Ship Trust International Register of Historic Ships

 
 


Dedicated to the USS Caron (DD-970), commissioned 10/1/77

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