Deliveries From U.S. Shipyards
1947 to 1976
Source: MARAD
| Year | Merchant Ships >1k GT (#) |
Merchant Ships (k GT) |
Naval Ships (#) |
Naval Ships (k LT) |
| 1947 | 50 | 286 | 8 | 81 |
| 1948 | 29 | 165 | 2 | 32 |
| 1949 | 34 | 539 | 7 | 58 |
| 1950 | 26 | 415 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951 | 10 | 148 | 1 | 1 |
| 1952 | 31 | 397 | 6 | 14 |
| 1953 | 45 | 570 | 16 | 51 |
| 1954 | 38 | 564 | 13 | 48 |
| 1955 | 8 | 105 | 14 | 146 |
| 1956 | 9 | 126 | 9 | 49 |
| 1957 | 23 | 320 | 23 | 114 |
| 1958 | 31 | 573 | 8 | 24 |
| 1959 | 32 | 717 | 16 | 64 |
| 1960 | 25 | 404 | 12 | 39 |
| 1961 | 25 | 369 | 16 | 173 |
| 1962 | 27 | 385 | 16 | 76 |
| 1963 | 34 | 422 | 17 | 81 |
| 1964 | 16 | 224 | 21 | 107 |
| 1965 | 16 | 180 | 18 | 122 |
| 1966 | 13 | 161 | 13 | 74 |
| 1967 | 13 | 163 | 21 | 109 |
| 1968 | 24 | 329 | 16 | 138 |
| 1969 | 22 | 416 | 31 | 160 |
| 1970 | 13 | 370 | 32 | 166 |
| 1971 | 14 | 407 | 33 | 147 |
| 1972 | 19 | 491 | 21 | 95 |
| 1973 | 34 | 887 | 8 | 33 |
| 1974 | 24 | 684 | 9 | 38 |
| 1975 | 19 | 469 | 3 | 79 |
| 1976 | 22 | 755 | 8 | 70 |