Deliveries From U.S. Shipyards Since 1987
Most recent update: April 30, 2021
The table below summarizes annual deliveries of commercial and governmental ships, boats and barges from U.S. shipyards over the past 30 years. Most of the data were extracted from the US Coast Guard's PSIX database but the figures have been edited a little, to add the first three columns, to remove duplications and foreign-built vessels, and to correct a few misclassifications. The results are more significant for larger vessels than for smaller ones: the "passenger vessels" category is particularly misleading in that it includes very large numbers of very small boats, and the "all other commercial vessels" category includes a wide variety of odds and ends, some of which are not significant examples of our industry's output. In addition, there are many small vessels built for a multitude of federal, state and local government agencies that are not included in these statistics, because they do not have to be registered with the Coast Guard
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Year | US Navy |
USCG, Army, NOAA, etc. |
S/T, Naval Vessels |
Tankers and cargo Ships |
Offshore Drilling Rigs |
Offshore Service Vessels |
Towing Vessels |
Passenger Vessels |
Fishing Vessels |
All Other Comm'l. Vessels |
S/T, Comm'l. Vessels |
Tank Barges > 5000 GT |
Freighter Barges > 5000 GT |
Tank Barges < 5000 GT |
Freighter Barges < 5000 GT |
S/T, Barges |
Total, All US-Built Vessels |
1987 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 372 | 885 | 183 | 1,470 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 105 | 113 | 1,608 |
1988 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 359 | 789 | 151 | 1,326 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 281 | 284 | 1,636 |
1989 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 354 | 708 | 135 | 1,234 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 447 | 471 | 1,737 |
1990 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 36 | 406 | 885 | 46 | 1,380 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 630 | 691 | 2,099 |
1991 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 38 | 294 | 500 | 59 | 909 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 452 | 569 | 1,504 |
1992 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 46 | 287 | 432 | 51 | 826 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 644 | 740 | 1,585 |
1993 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 288 | 442 | 157 | 931 | 4 | 2 | 107 | 447 | 560 | 1,516 |
1994 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 329 | 465 | 77 | 919 | 0 | 4 | 66 | 403 | 473 | 1,421 |
1995 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 342 | 500 | 44 | 940 | 3 | 5 | 118 | 505 | 631 | 1,595 |
1996 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 57 | 329 | 500 | 33 | 926 | 2 | 4 | 155 | 996 | 1,157 | 2,098 |
1997 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 58 | 335 | 456 | 49 | 928 | 2 | 4 | 98 | 1,529 | 1,633 | 2,576 |
1998 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 77 | 347 | 430 | 59 | 989 | 2 | 7 | 99 | 900 | 1,008 | 2,018 |
1999 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 92 | 421 | 458 | 38 | 1,081 | 3 | 7 | 103 | 851 | 964 | 2,066 |
2000 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 72 | 359 | 512 | 89 | 1,061 | 0 | 1 | 95 | 775 | 871 | 1,953 |
2001 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 63 | 338 | 552 | 84 | 1,068 | 1 | 3 | 118 | 609 | 731 | 1,821 |
2002 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 73 | 283 | 421 | 69 | 892 | 11 | 2 | 87 | 672 | 772 | 1,683 |
2003 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 60 | 328 | 336 | 96 | 861 | 11 | 0 | 94 | 217 | 322 | 1,190 |
2004 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 73 | 268 | 258 | 82 | 727 | 9 | 4 | 128 | 427 | 568 | 1,306 |
2005 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 70 | 270 | 233 | 45 | 650 | 6 | 1 | 177 | 219 | 403 | 1,072 |
2006 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 94 | 253 | 173 | 43 | 594 | 10 | 3 | 123 | 672 | 808 | 1,412 |
2007 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 121 | 206 | 132 | 73 | 589 | 15 | 2 | 236 | 846 | 1,099 | 1,697 |
2008 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 51 | 165 | 181 | 85 | 69 | 558 | 15 | 4 | 263 | 934 | 1,216 | 1,789 |
2009 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 133 | 128 | 54 | 94 | 472 | 11 | 4 | 216 | 680 | 911 | 1,395 |
2010 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 81 | 116 | 64 | 101 | 410 | 10 | 4 | 141 | 861 | 1,016 | 1,432 |
2011 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 110 | 128 | 112 | 65 | 439 | 6 | 0 | 185 | 1,053 | 1,244 | 1,691 |
2012 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 119 | 137 | 133 | 41 | 460 | 1 | 1 | 272 | 1,049 | 1,323 | 1,792 |
2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 105 | 177 | 138 | 57 | 523 | 2 | 4 | 327 | 593 | 926 | 1,455 |
2014 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 114 | 172 | 124 | 51 | 515 | 2 | 0 | 343 | 612 | 957 | 1,482 |
2015 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 122 | 163 | 155 | 77 | 566 | 7 | 0 | 268 | 940 | 1,215 | 1,803 |
2016 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 21 | 110 | 192 | 121 | 56 | 511 | 9 | 2 | 117 | 985 | 1,113 | 1,641 |
2017 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 104 | 272 | 152 | 50 | 578 | 8 | 2 | 96 | 371 | 477 | 1,099 |
2018 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 94 | 303 | 148 | 51 | 605 | 7 | 0 | 101 | 270 | 378 | 1,000 |
2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 110 | 302 | 118 | 53 | 589 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 233 | 413 | 1,015 |
2020 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 198 | 82 | 62 | 469 | 4 | 1 | 216 | 407 | 628 | 1,112 |
Totals | 354 | 223 | 577 | 82 | 60 | 858 | 2,630 | 9,237 | 11,553 | 2,490 | 26,920 | 165 | 77 | 4,149 | 20,369 | 25,967 | 53,464 |
Avges | 11 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 80 | 272 | 340 | 73 | 796 | 5 | 2 | 122 | 599 | 728 | 1,542 |