This is the complete list of all submarines and submersibles preserved as museum ships or in museums around the world.
If you are aware of any changes of any kind (additions, deletions, or editing) that needs to be done to this list, please let me know.
| Year Comissioned | Name of Submarine / Location |
| 1775 | Turtle Reconstruction |
| Steam Boat Dock Museum, Essex, CT, USA | |
| 1775 | Turtle Reconstruction |
| Scicon Consultancy International, London, England | |
| 1775 | Turtle Reconstruction |
| Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1851 | Brandtaucher |
| Deutsches Armeemuseum, Potsdam, Germany | |
| 1862 | Pioneer (Idendity Questionable) |
| Louisiana State Museum, New Orelans, LA, USA | |
| 1863 | C.S.S. Hunley Reconstruction |
| Hunley Museum, Charleston, SC, USA | |
| 1866 | The Intelligent Whale |
| US Naval Memorial Museum, Navy Yard, Washington, DC, USA [Andrew Toppan shows 1863] | |
| 1881 | Drzewiecki No. 3 |
| The Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation | |
| 1881 | Fenian Ram |
| Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ, USA | |
| 1887 | Peral |
| Paseo del Muelle, Cartagena, Spain | |
| 1901 | HM Torpedo Boat Number 1 (Holland I) |
| Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England | |
| 1904 | Ubåt N:o 1 (Hajen) |
| Marinmuseum, Karlskrona, Sweden | |
| 1904 | Alose |
| Comtex, Marseille, France | |
| 1905 | O-1, Dutch Holland class |
| The Hague [?], The Netherlands | |
| 1906 | U-1 |
| Deutsches Museum, München, Germany | |
| 1931 | D-2, ex-Narodovolets, |
| The Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation | |
| 1932 | Explorer |
| Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1933 | Vesikko |
| Sotamoseo, Vargön, Finland | |
| 1936 | HA14/HA21, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarines |
| Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia | |
| 1937 | Lembit, Estonian mine-laying submarine |
| Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 1938 | HA-19, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine |
| Admiral Nimitz Museume and Historical Center, Fredricksburg, TX, USA | |
| 1938 | HA-8, Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine |
| Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1938 | Japanese Type A (Mato) midget submarine |
| Maritime Self-Defence Service School, Eta Jima, Japan | |
| 1939 | K-21, Russian XIV series |
| Severomorsk, Kola bay, Russia | |
| 1939 | S-56, Russian IXbis series |
| Zolotoj Rog, Vladivostok, Russia | |
| 1941 | U-505, German Type IXC |
| Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL, USA | |
| 1941 | U.S.S. Drum, SS-228, Gato-class |
| Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, AL, USA | |
| 1941 | U.S.S. Silversides, SS-236, Gato-class |
| Great Lakes Naval and Maritime Museum, Muskegon, MI, USA | |
| 1942 | U3 |
| Malmö Sjöfartsmuseum, Malmö, Sweden | |
| 1942 | U.S.S. Croaker, SS-246, Gato-class |
| Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Servicemen's Park, Buffalo, NY, USA. [Andrew Toppan has 1944] | |
| 1942 | U.S.S. Lionfish, SS-298, Balao-class |
| Battleship Cove, Fall River, MA, USA. [Andrew Toppan has 1944] | |
| 1942 | U534, German Class IX C40 |
| Historic Warships Birkenhead, Great Britain | |
| 1943 | Bahia ex USS Plaice |
| (Museum of Naval Technology), Santos, Brazil | |
| 1943 | U.S.S. Batfish, SS-310, Balao-class |
| War Memorial Park, Muskogee, OK, USA | |
| 1943 | U.S.S. Bowfin, SS-287 |
| Submarine Memorial Park, Honolulu, HI, USA | |
| 1943 | U.S.S. Cod, SS-224, Gato-class |
| Cleveland, OH, USA | |
| 1943 | U.S.S. Pampanito, SS-383, Balao-class |
| National Maritime Museum, Fisherman's Warf, San Francisco, CA, USA | |
| 1943 | U.S.S. Ling, SS-297, Balao-class |
| New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, NJ, USA | |
| 1943 | Malisan, P 901, ex-Italian CB 20 |
| Technical Museum, Zagreb, Croatia | |
| 1943 | U-995, German Type VIIC |
| Marine-Ehrenmal, Laboe, Germany | |
| 1943 | W 48, Type Welman |
| Marinemuseet, Horten, Norway. | |
| 1943 | H.M.S. X-24 |
| Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England | |
| 1944 | U.S.S. Cavalla, SS-244, Gato-class |
| Sea Wolf Park, Galveston, TX, USA | |
| 1944 | U.S.S. Becuna, SS-319, Balao-class |
| Penn's Landing, Philadelphia, PA, USA | |
| 1944 | German Biber Type |
| Imperial War Museum, London, United Kingdom | |
| 1944 | German Biber Type |
| Nederlands Nationaal Oorlogs- en Verzetsmuseum, Overloon, The Netherlands | |
| 1944 | German Biber Type |
| Deutsches Museum, München, Germany | |
| 1944 | Seehund, German Type XXVIIB |
| Deutsches Museum, München, Germany | |
| 1944 | Seehund, German Type XXVIIB |
| Le Base Sous-marine de Lorient, Lorient, France | |
| 1944 | Seehund, German Type XXVIIB |
| Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1944 | Seehund, German Type XXVIIB |
| US Naval Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, USA | |
| 1944 | German Molch Type |
| Uboot-Lehrgruppe, Neustadt/Holstein, Germany | |
| 1944 | German Molch Type |
| Deutsches Museum, München, Germany | |
| 1944 | Salamander, German Molch Type |
| Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | |
| 1944 | U.S.S. Cobia, SS-245 |
| Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, WI, USA | |
| 1944 | U.S.S. Roncador, SS-301, Balao-class |
| Long Beach, CA, USA | |
| 1944 | U.S.S. Torsk, SS-423, Tench-class |
| The Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA | |
| 1944 | Wilhelm Bauer, ex U-2540 |
| Technikmuseum U-Boot Wilhelm Bauer, Bremerhaven, Germany | |
| 1945 | Japanese Type Kairyu |
| Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1945 | Japanese Type Kairyu |
| Maritime Self-Defence Service School, Eta Jima, Japan | |
| 1945 | HMS Alliance |
| Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire, England | |
| 1945 | U.S.S. Clamagore, SS-343 |
| Patriots Point, Charleston, SC, USA | |
| 1945 | U.S.S. Requin, SSR-481, Tench-class |
| Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (This submarine was previously at the USS Requin Memorial, Tampa, FL) | |
| 1945 | Japanese Kaiten Type 4 |
| Submarine Memorial Park, Honolulu, HI, USA | |
| 1945 | HMS Expunger, XE 8 midget submarine |
| Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridge, Great Britain | |
| 1953 | U.S.S. Albacore, AGSS-569 |
| Near Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH, USA | |
| 1953 | U.S.S. Marlin, SST-2 |
| Freedom Park, Omaha, NE, USA | |
| 1954 | HMS Stickleback, X 51 midget submarine, ex Swedish HMS Spiggen |
| Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridge, Great Britain | |
| 1955 | U.S.S. Nautilus, SSN-571 |
| Submarine Force Museum, Groton, CT, USA | |
| 1955 | U.S.S. SSX-1 |
| United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA | |
| 1956 | U-359, Russian Whisky-class |
| Kolding, Denmark | |
| 1957 | Argonaute |
| La Cité des Siences et de l*industrie, La Vilette (Paris), France | |
| 1957 | U-194, Russian Whisky-class |
| Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 1958 | U.S.S. Growler, SSG-577 |
| Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY, USA | |
| 1958 | Spadon, French Narval class |
| Ecomusée de Saint-Nazaire, Saint Nazaire, France | |
| 1959 | U.S.S. Blueback, SS-581 |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR, USA | |
| 1950's | M-305 |
| Odessa, Russia | |
| 1960's | 229, Russian Romeo-class |
| Naval Museum, Qingdao, China | |
| 1961 | Nordkaparen |
| Gothenburg Maritime Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 1962 | Springaren, Danish Draken-class |
| Aalborg, Denmark | |
| 1964 | HMS Ocelot, British O-class |
| The Historic Dockyard, , Chatham, England | |
| 1965 | Tonijn, Dutch Potvis-class |
| Marinemuseum, Den Helder, The Netherlands | |
| 1966 | HMS Onyx, British Oberon-class |
| Historic Warships at Birkenhead, England | |
| 1967 | U-9, German Type 205 |
| Technik-Museum, Speyer, Germany | |
| 1967 | U-457, Russian Foxtrot-class |
| Long's Wharf, The Thames Barrier, England | |
| 1968 | U-484, Russian Juliett-class |
| St Petersburg, FL, USA (Currently up for sale) | |
| 1969 | HMAS Ovens, |
| Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, WA, Australia | |
| 1984 | Russian diesel-electric missile submarine |
| Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 2000 | Smithsonian Exhibit - Fast Attacks and Boomers |
| Washington, DC |
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If you are aware of any corrections that need to be made to this list, please let me know at greg@mindspring.com
This page last updated 1 June, 2000.