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State Symbols

The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

Connecticut Symbols

Connecticut Symbols

Animal, Bird, Cantata, Composer, Fish, Flag, Flower, Folk Dance, Fossil, Hero, Heroine, Insect, Mineral, Motto, Nicknames, Poet Laureate, Seal, Shellfish, Ship, Song, Tartan, Tree, Troubadour

Connecticut State Ship

USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

Adopted in 1983

Built by Connecticut craftsmen and women, USS Nautilus was the world's first nuclear powered submarine and logged more than 500,000 nautical miles during her distinguished 25 year career.

The USS Nautilus, named Connecticut's State Ship by the 1983 General Assembly, has been designated a National Historic Landmark and is permanently berthed next to the Submarine Force Library and Museum at Goss Cove in Groton.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.