The term 'Vessel of the Pilgrims' refers to the MAYFLOWER, a ship that transported the English Separatists, also known as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. The MAYFLOWER was a three-masted sailing vessel measuring approximately 180 feet long and 25 feet wide. It was the first ship to bring the Pilgrims to the New World and is remembered as a symbol of the beginning of the United States of America.