Tag:historic=ship
 historic =
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A decommissioned ship/submarine which generally remains in one place 
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A tag for a decommissioned ship/submarine which generally remains in one place. Often turned into a tourist attraction. This applies to both military and non-military ships.
Examples:
- HMS Belfast on the River Thames, London [1]
- USS Lexington, Corpus Christi (Texas) [2]
- RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach [3]
How to map
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historic=
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for the node or the outline of the ship |
name=*
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name of the ship |
tourism=attraction
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to mark it as a tourist attraction |
building=ship
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if ship is permanently located in one place |
Additonal tags
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operator=*
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for the operator of the ship |
start_date=*
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for the launch date of the ship |
wikipedia=*
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museum ship often have a wikipedia page which can be tagged here |
addr:*=*
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if the ship has its own address |
ref=*
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for the hull number of military ships |
If the ship has some kind of amenity=* like a bar, restaurant or tourism=* like a hotel or a museum, it can be tagged as a separate node with own name and further information.
ship:type
ship:type=* can be used to specify the type of a ship.
for example:
military uses
- aircraft_carrier (Aircraft carrier on Wikipedia)
- battleship (Battleship on Wikipedia)
- destroyer (Destroyer on Wikipedia)
- submarine (Submarine on Wikipedia)
- light_cruiser (Light cruiser on Wikipedia)
- heavy_cruiser (Heavy cruiser on Wikipedia)
- frigate (Frigate on Wikipedia)
- corvette (Corvette on Wikipedia)
etc.
civil uses
- ocean_liner (Ocean liner on Wikipedia)
- lightship (Light ship on Wikipedia)
- icebreaker (Icebreaker on Wikipedia)
- tugboat(Tugboat on Wikipedia)
- ferry (Ferry on Wikipedia)
- research_ship (Research ship on Wikipedia)
- lifeboat (Lifeboat (rescue) on Wikipedia)
etc.
Remarks
For sunken or destroyed ships use historic=wreck.