The America's Cup, an international sailing trophy, was named after America, the first racing yacht to win it. On August 22, 1851, America won by over 20 minutes the Royal Yacht Squadron's 53 mile regatta around the Isle of Wight. She was designed by George Steers for Commodore John Cox Stevens and a syndicate from the New York Yacht Club.

America was owned by John Cox Stevens and the syndicate from the New York Yacht Club from the time she was launched on May 3, 1851 until ten days after she won the regatta that made her famous. On September 1, 1851, she was sold to John de Blaquiere, 2nd Baron de Blaquiere, who raced her only a few times before selling her in 1856 to Henry Montagu Upton, 2nd Viscount Templetown. Upton renamed the yacht Camilla but did not use or maintain her.

She was sold to Henry Sotheby Pitcher, a shipbuilder in Gravesend, in 1858. He rebuilt Camilla and sold her in 1860 to Henry Edward Decie, who brought her back to the United States. Decie sold the ship to the Confederate States of America the same year for use as a blockade runner in the American Civil War. In 1862, she was scuttled at Jacksonville when Union troops took the city. She was raised, repaired and renamed America by the Union, and served on the Union side of the blockade for the remainder of the war. After the conflict, she became a training ship at the US Naval Academy.

On August 8, 1870, the Navy entered America in the America's Cup race at New York Harbor, where she finished fourth. She remained in the US Navy until she was sold in 1873 to Benjamin Franklin Butler, a former Civil War Commander. Butler used and maintained the boat well until his death in 1893.

In 1921, America was sold to the America Restoration Fund, who donated her to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. She was not maintained there, and had become seriously decayed by 1940. On March 29, 1942, during a heavy snowstorm, the shed where the yacht was being stored collapsed. The remains of both the shed and the boat were finally scrapped and burned three years later.

Bring any empty space to life with the America wooden yacht model. From planning to packaging, each step is performed with utmost care; everything is done by hand. Master craftsmen become magicians as they turn simple pieces of mahogany into ship replicas. After the wood is sanded and puttied, talented artists duplicate every single detail with extraordinary accuracy. Hand-casted resin and handmade metal parts complete the ship. A final coat of clear lacquer provides lasting protection for the product. Each model ship comes on a display base with brass pedestals and a brass name plate, and undergoes various stages of quality control. A double-lined box with high density foam ensures the safe arrival of each item.