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America's Fighting Ships open to tourists
Go aboard historic US Navy ships that have protected America throughout the centuries --
battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, etc. As you step from the gangway to the quarter deck
you're boarding a war machine. You'll see the weapons of war, the powerful engines that transport
the weapons plus the working and living areas of the sailors who make it work. The weapons range
from torpedoes to sink enemy ships to planes and heavy guns. As you tour the ships learn their
stories of courage.
These ships are just some of the many former warships that are now museums that tell us of the
fighting spirit of earlier times. See the list below.
Go aboard historic US Navy ships that have protected America throughout the centuries --
battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, etc. As you step from the gangway to the quarter deck
you're boarding a war machine. You'll see the weapons of war, the powerful engines that transport
the weapons plus the working and living areas of the sailors who make it work. The weapons range
from torpedoes to sink enemy ships to planes and heavy guns. As you tour the ships learn their
stories of courage.
These ships are just some of the many former warships that are now museums that tell us of the
fighting spirit of earlier times. See the list below.
o Wilmington, NC
o Mount Pleasant, SC
Fall River, MA
New York City, NY
o
San Diego, CA o
o
Mobile, AL
Mobile, AL
| State City Ship Type Era |
Alabama Mobile USS Alabama (BB-60) Battleship WW2
Alabama Mobile USS Drum (SS-228) Submarine WW2
Arkansas Little Rock USS Razorback (SS-394) Submarine WW2
California Alameda USS Hornet (CV-12) Aircraft carrier WW2
California San Diego USS Midway (CVB-41) Aircraft carrier WW2 Served 1946 to Desert Storm
California San Francisco USS Pampanito (SS 383) Submarine WW2
Connecticut Groton USS Nautilus (SSN 571) Submarine 1954 First nuclear powered vessel
Hawaii Pearl Harbor USS Bowfin (SS-287) Submarine WW2
Hawaii Pearl Harbor USS Missouri (BB-63) Battleship WW2 Site of Japanese surrender
Louisiana Baton Rouge USS Kidd (DD-661) Destroyer WW2
Maryland Baltimore USS Torsk (SS-423) Submarine WW2
Massachusetts Boston USS Constituton Frigate Oldest commissioned warshp
Massachusetts Fall River USS Fall River (CA-131) Cruiser WW2
Massachusetts Fall River USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) Destroyer Korea & Cuban missile crisis
Massachusetts Fall River USS Lionfish (SS-298) Submarine WW2
Massachesetts Fall River USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Battleship WW2
Massachusetts Quincy USS Salem (CA-139) Heavy cruiser Post WW2
Michigan Muskegon USS Silversides (SS-236) Submarine WW2
Mississippi Vicksburg USS Cairo Ironclad gunboat Civil War
New Hampshire Portsmouth USS Albacore (AGSS-569) Research Submarine 1953
New Jersey Camden USS New Jersey (BB-62) Battleship WW2
New York Albany USS Slater (DE-766) Destroyer escort WW2
New York Buffalo USS Croaker (SS-246) Submarine WW2
New York Buffalo USS Little Rock (CL-92) Light Cruiser WW2
New York Buffalo USS Sullivans (DD-357) Destroyer WW2
New York New York USS Intrepid (CVS-11) Aircraft carrier WW2 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
North Carolina Wilmington USS North Carolina (BB-55) Battleship WW2
Ohio Cleveland USS Cod (SS-224) Submarine WW2
Pennsylvania Philadelphia USS Becuna (SS-319) Submarine WW2
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh USS Requin (SS-481) Submarine WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Laffey (DD-724) Destroyer WW2 Most decorated US ship in WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft carrier WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Clamagone (SS-343) Submarine WW2
Texas Corpus Christi USS Lexington (CV-16) Aircraft carrier WW2 Oldest surviving aircraft carrier
Texas Galveston USS Cavalla (SS-244) Submarine WW2
Texas La Porte USS Texas (BB-35) Battleship WW2 Oldest surviving battleship
Virginia Norfolk USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Battleship WW2
Note: The decommissioned ships are operated by independent organizations. Some of the WW2 ships served after the
end of hostilities and post war modifications have been retained. Additional ships can be found by a Google search for
"museum ships".
Alabama Mobile USS Drum (SS-228) Submarine WW2
Arkansas Little Rock USS Razorback (SS-394) Submarine WW2
California Alameda USS Hornet (CV-12) Aircraft carrier WW2
California San Diego USS Midway (CVB-41) Aircraft carrier WW2 Served 1946 to Desert Storm
California San Francisco USS Pampanito (SS 383) Submarine WW2
Connecticut Groton USS Nautilus (SSN 571) Submarine 1954 First nuclear powered vessel
Hawaii Pearl Harbor USS Bowfin (SS-287) Submarine WW2
Hawaii Pearl Harbor USS Missouri (BB-63) Battleship WW2 Site of Japanese surrender
Louisiana Baton Rouge USS Kidd (DD-661) Destroyer WW2
Maryland Baltimore USS Torsk (SS-423) Submarine WW2
Massachusetts Boston USS Constituton Frigate Oldest commissioned warshp
Massachusetts Fall River USS Fall River (CA-131) Cruiser WW2
Massachusetts Fall River USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) Destroyer Korea & Cuban missile crisis
Massachusetts Fall River USS Lionfish (SS-298) Submarine WW2
Massachesetts Fall River USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Battleship WW2
Massachusetts Quincy USS Salem (CA-139) Heavy cruiser Post WW2
Michigan Muskegon USS Silversides (SS-236) Submarine WW2
Mississippi Vicksburg USS Cairo Ironclad gunboat Civil War
New Hampshire Portsmouth USS Albacore (AGSS-569) Research Submarine 1953
New Jersey Camden USS New Jersey (BB-62) Battleship WW2
New York Albany USS Slater (DE-766) Destroyer escort WW2
New York Buffalo USS Croaker (SS-246) Submarine WW2
New York Buffalo USS Little Rock (CL-92) Light Cruiser WW2
New York Buffalo USS Sullivans (DD-357) Destroyer WW2
New York New York USS Intrepid (CVS-11) Aircraft carrier WW2 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
North Carolina Wilmington USS North Carolina (BB-55) Battleship WW2
Ohio Cleveland USS Cod (SS-224) Submarine WW2
Pennsylvania Philadelphia USS Becuna (SS-319) Submarine WW2
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh USS Requin (SS-481) Submarine WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Laffey (DD-724) Destroyer WW2 Most decorated US ship in WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Yorktown (CV-10) Aircraft carrier WW2
South Carolina Mount Pleasant USS Clamagone (SS-343) Submarine WW2
Texas Corpus Christi USS Lexington (CV-16) Aircraft carrier WW2 Oldest surviving aircraft carrier
Texas Galveston USS Cavalla (SS-244) Submarine WW2
Texas La Porte USS Texas (BB-35) Battleship WW2 Oldest surviving battleship
Virginia Norfolk USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Battleship WW2
Note: The decommissioned ships are operated by independent organizations. Some of the WW2 ships served after the
end of hostilities and post war modifications have been retained. Additional ships can be found by a Google search for
"museum ships".
Click the ship's name to link to the museum ship's website Note: If columns are not properly aligned set "zoom" at 100% |
Alameda, CA
San Francisco
San Francisco
Groton, CT
o
o
o Pearl Harbor, HI
Boston &
Quincy, MA
Quincy, MA
o
o
o Vicksburg, MS
o Camden NJ &
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Albany, NY o
| Cleveland, OH o |
La Porte, TX
Galveston, TX
Galveston, TX
o
o
Corpus Christi, TX
o Norfolk, VA
o
o
Little Rock
Baton Rouge, LA
o
o
o
Baltimore, MD
Muskegon, MI o
Portsmouth, NH o
Buffalo, NY
o
Pittsburgh, PA o