Deliveries From U.S. Shipyards
1914 to 1945
Source: "The Shipbuilding Business in the U.S.A.", SNAME, 1948
| Year | Merchant Ships >2k GT (#) |
Merchant Ships (k GT) |
Naval Ships (#) |
Naval Ships (k LT) |
| 1914 | 24 | 130 | 19 | 65 |
| 1915 | 23 | 121 | 10 | 33 |
| 1916 | 67 | 349 | 22 | 161 |
| 1917 | 120 | 629 | 16 | 77 |
| 1918 | 386 | 1,672 | 92 | 137 |
| 1919 | 680 | 3,190 | 134 | 200 |
| 1920 | 450 | 2,313 | 92 | 170 |
| 1921 | 138 | 1,038 | 40 | 173 |
| 1922 | 18 | 164 | 11 | 11 |
| 1923 | 19 | 125 | 27 | 122 |
| 1924 | 12 | 84 | 14 | 60 |
| 1925 | 11 | 81 | 6 | 12 |
| 1926 | 8 | 54 | 2 | 13 |
| 1927 | 19 | 155 | 2 | 66 |
| 1928 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 3 |
| 1929 | 7 | 57 | 1 | 10 |
| 1930 | 16 | 151 | 6 | 45 |
| 1931 | 14 | 151 | 3 | 30 |
| 1932 | 15 | 145 | 2 | 12 |
| 1933 | 4 | 50 | 2 | 11 |
| 1934 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 68 |
| 1935 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 |
| 1936 | 8 | 63 | 22 | 44 |
| 1937 | 15 | 122 | 27 | 76 |
| 1938 | 26 | 186 | 20 | 100 |
| 1939 | 28 | 241 | 27 | 66 |
| 1940 | 53 | 445 | 31 | 90 |
| 1941 | 95 | 749 | 35 | 160 |
| 1942 | 724 | 5,392 | 145 | 548 |
| 1943 | 1,661 | 12,500 | 608 | 1,586 |
| 1944 | 1,463 | 11,404 | 540 | 1,504 |
| 1945 | 1,067 | 7,663 | 203 | 834 |