The ship that transported the Statue of Liberty to the United States was the French frigate Isère.
Isère was a French Navy transport vessel with both sails and a steam-powered propeller. In 1885, it carried the disassembled statue from France across the Atlantic as a gift from the French people to the United States.
The statue was packed into 210 crates containing about 350 separate pieces. Isère left France in May 1885 and reached New York Harbor on June 17. The crates were then unloaded and taken to Bedloe’s Island, now called Liberty Island, where the statue was assembled on its pedestal.
The ship was not a famous passenger liner such as Lusitania or Normandie; it was a military transport chosen by the French government. After delivering its extraordinary cargo, Isère returned to France. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886, about a year after its arrival, following the completion of its American pedestal and final assembly.