How the Statue of Liberty Was Transported to New York

The Statue of Liberty wasn't shipped in crates or boxes. Instead, the 350-piece copper statue was:

1. Disassembled in Paris.
2. Packed into 214 wooden crates (not boxes) for the ocean voyage.
3. Loaded onto the French Navy frigate Isère.
4. Sailed across the Atlantic, arriving in New York Harbor on June 17, 1885.
5. Stored on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) for 11 months while the pedestal was finished.
6. Reassembled on the pedestal by ironworkers—completed October 28, 1886.

So the answer: 214 crates carried the disassembled statue aboard a single ship.