Which Boats have Shaped America’s Identity?
We asked that question on Twitter and received the following suggestions. If you’d like to suggest another boat name, please add it to the comments section of this post.
- USS Nautilus
- Racing yacht America
- Herreshoff NY 30
- La Amistad
Boat Name; Contributor(s)
- America; @woodenboat, @badoian
- Amistad; @GriffinClubMerv
- Australia II; @GriffinClubMerv
- Bertram Moppie; @mncahill
- Black Pearl (fictional); @K_Seas
- Chesapeake Skipjack; @mncahill
- CSS Hunley; @QthePirate
- CSS Virginia; @QthePirate
- Flying Cloud; @badoian
- Gloucester Schooner; @mncahill
- Herreshoff NY 30; @mncahill
- Herreshoff, both sail and steam; @wolf10
- Islander, Harry Pidgeon; @bobbystone
- Mayflower, Pilgrims; @woodenboat
- Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria, Columbus; @woodenboat
- Pequod (fictional); @badoian
- Pilar, Ernest Hemingway; @woodenboat
- PT-109, John F Kennedy; @woodenboat
- Spray, Joshua Slocum; @woodenboat
- SS Minnow (fictional); @GriffinClubMerv
- Stars & Stripes; @badoian
- USS Arizona; @badoian
- USS Bainbridge; @GriffinClubMerv
- USS Bonhomme Richard; @QthePirate
- USS Cole; @GriffinClubMerv
- USS Constitution (Old Ironsides); @woodenboat, @huzzah70, @flygirl737700
- USS Enterprise; @GriffinClubMerv
- USS Maine; @huzzah70
- USS Monitor; @QthePirate
- USS Nautilus; @QthePirate
- Whaler Montauk 17; @mncahill
April 22, 2009 5 Comments









