Lakers Built in U.S. Shipyards Since WWII
All the 50 lakers built in U.S. shipyards since WWII were built for domestic trading.
| Year | Name | Customer | Builder | O/N | GT | DWT | Price ($M) | Notes | |
| 1950 | Wilfred Sykes | Inland Steel | AmShip Lorain | 866 | 259193 | 11,700 | 21,800 | ||
| 1952 | Philip R. Clarke | U.S. Steel | AmShip Lorain | 867 | 263699 | 12,300 | 27,100 | ||
| 1952 | Arthur M. Anderson | U.S. Steel | AmShip Lorain | 868 | 264207 | 12,300 | 27,100 | ||
| 1953 | Ernest T. Weir | National Steel | AmShip Lorain | 869 | 265246 | 11,700 | 23,000 | Courtney Burton 1978, American Fortitude 2006, scrapped 2015 | |
| 1953 | Armco | Oglebay Norton | AmShip Lorain | 870 | 265621 | 12,400 | 25,700 | American Valor 2006, laid up, Valo (Canada) | |
| 1972 | Roger Blough | U.S. Steel | AmShip Lorain | 900 | 533062 | 26,000 | 45,000 | 20.0 | |
| 1973 | William R. Roesch | Oglebay Norton | AmShip Lorain | 901 | 549231 | 9,639 | 19,000 | 11.7 | David Z. Norton 1995, Calumet |
| 1973 | Paul Thayer | Oglebay Norton | AmShip Lorain | 902 | 552395 | 9,639 | 19,000 | 11.7 | Earl W. Oglebay 1995, Manitowoc |
| 1974 | Wolverine | Oglebay Norton | AmShip Lorain | 903 | 560339 | 10,037 | 20,000 | 13.0 | Robert S. Pierson (Canada) 2008 |
| 1976 | James R. Barker | Interlake Steamship | AmShip Lorain | 905 | 573682 | 33,000 | 59,000 | 35.0 | |
| 1977 | Mesabi Miner | Interlake Steamship | AmShip Lorain | 906 | 581479 | 33,000 | 59,000 | 35.0 | |
| 1978 | George A. Stinson | American Steamship | AmShip Lorain | 907 | 595539 | 32,000 | 59,000 | 35.0 | American Spirit 2004 |
| 1980 | Edgar B. Speer | U.S. Steel | AmShip Lorain | 908 | 621104 | 35,000 | 60,000 | 45.0 | |
| 1981 | William J. Delancey | Pickands Mather | AmShip Lorain | 909 | 631668 | 34,500 | 61,000 | 50.0 | Paul R. Tregurtha 1990 |
| 1952 | Edward B. Greene | American Steamship | AmShip Toledo | 189 | 263980 | 12,000 | 25,300 | Benson Ford 1985, Kaye E. Barker 1989 | |
| 1958 | John Sherwin | American Steamship | AmShip Toledo | 192 | 276445 | 16,000 | 33,300 | laid up | |
| 1959 | Shenango II | American Steamship | AmShip Toledo | 193 | 278807 | 16,300 | 31,100 | Charles M. Beeghly 1967, Hon. James L. Oberstar 2012 | |
| 1973 | Roger M. Keyes | American Steamship | AmShip Toledo | 200 | 550520 | 15,674 | 30,000 | 12.5 | Adam E. Cornelius 1989, Algoma Compass (Canada) |
| 1973 | Charles E. Wilson | American Steamship | Bay SB | 710 | 550954 | 13,862 | 27,000 | 12.5 | John J. Boland 2000 |
| 1974 | H. Lee White | American Steamship | Bay SB | 711 | 556460 | 14,499 | 30,000 | 15.0 | |
| 1975 | Sam Laud | American Steamship | Bay SB | 712 | 564002 | 11,619 | 23,000 | 12.5 | |
| 1976 | St. Clair | American Steamship | Bay SB | 714 | 571875 | 25,000 | 42,000 | 22.0 | |
| 1976 | Joseph L. Block | Inland Steel | Bay SB | 715 | 574870 | 15,600 | 31,300 | 20.0 | |
| 1977 | Belle River | American Steamship | Bay SB | 716 | 585852 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 | Walter J. McCarthy 1990 |
| 1978 | Lewis Wilson Foy | Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 717 | 592377 | 40,000 | 60,000 | 30.0 | Oglebay Norton 1991, American Integrity 2006 |
| 1979 | Edwin H. Gott | U.S. Steel | Bay SB | 718 | 600648 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 | |
| 1979 | Indiana Harbor | American Steamship | Bay SB | 719 | 610401 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 | |
| 1980 | Burns Harbor | Bethlehem Steel | Bay SB | 720 | 618479 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 30.0 | |
| 1978 | Buffalo | American Steamship | Bay SB | 721 | 596352 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 | Algoma Buffalo 2017 |
| 1979 | Fred R. White, Jr. | Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 722 | 606421 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 20.0 | American Courage 2006 |
| 1980 | Chicago | American Steamship | Bay SB | 723 | 619736 | 15,000 | 32,000 | 30.0 | American Mariner 2006 |
| 1981 | Cuyahoga | American Steamship | Bay SB | 724 | 633579 | 12,000 | 23,300 | 25.0 | American Republic 2006, Great Republic 2012 |
| 1981 | Columbia Star | Oglebay Norton | Bay SB | 726 | 635289 | 33,000 | 61,500 | 50.0 | American Century 2006 |
| 1952 | Johnstown | Bethlehem Steel | Bethlehem SP | 4504 | 263877 | 11,700 | 22,400 | scrapped 1985 | |
| 1952 | Sparrows Point | Bethlehem Steel | Bethlehem SP | 4505 | 264391 | 11,700 | 22,400 | Buckeye 1990, barge 2006, Lewis J. Kuber 2008, Menominee 2017 | |
| 1952 | Elton Hoyt 2nd | Pickands Mather | Bethlehem SP | 4512 | 264126 | 11,000 | 22,200 | Michipicoten 2003 | |
| 1952 | Charles L. Hutchinson | Pioneer Steamship | Defoe Sbldg. | 422 | 265808 | 11,100 | 18,600 | Ernest B Breech 1962, Kinsman Independent 1988, Voyageur Independent (Canada) 2004, Ojibway | |
| 1972 | Stewart J. Cort | Bethlehem Steel | Erie Marine | 101 | 532272 | 25,400 | 52,000 | 18.0 | |
| 1952 | Cason J. Calloway | US Steel | Great Lakes Eng. | 297 | 264349 | 12,300 | 26,800 | ||
| 1952 | J. L. Mauthe | Pickands Mather | Great Lakes Eng. | 298 | 264738 | 11,500 | 21,800 | Pathfinder 2002 | |
| 1953 | Reserve | Oglebay Norton | Great Lakes Eng. | 299 | 265360 | 13,800 | 26,800 | barge 2006, James L. Kuber 2008, Maumee 2019 | |
| 1953 | William Clay Ford | Ford Motor Co. | Great Lakes Eng. | 300 | 266029 | 12,500 | 26,800 | scrapped 1987 | |
| 1959 | Edmund Fitzgerald | Oglebay Norton | Great Lakes Eng. | 301 | 277437 | 13,500 | 26,800 | lost 1975 | |
| 1959 | Herbert C. Jackson | Pickands Mather | Great Lakes Eng. | 302 | 278780 | 12,300 | 26,800 | ||
| 1960 | Arthur B. Homer | Bethlehem Steel | Great Lakes Eng. | 303 | 280946 | 13,500 | 26,800 | scrapped | |
| 1952 | John G. Munson | US Steel | Manitowoc | 415 | 264136 | 11,000 | 26,800 | ||
| 1953 | John J. Boland | American Steamship | Manitowoc | 417 | 266270 | 11,000 | 21,800 | Saginaw (Canada) 1999 | |
| 1955 | Detroit Edison | American Steamship | Manitowoc | 418 | 269187 | 11,000 | 21,800 | scrapped 1987 | |
| 1959 | Adam E. Cornelius | American Steamship | Manitowoc | 424 | 278853 | 11,000 | 26,800 | Capt Edward V. Smith 1989, Sea Barge One, Sarah Spencer, scrapped 2019 | |
| 1960 | Sir Edward L. Ryerson | Inland Steel | Manitowoc | 425 | 282106 | 11,000 | 34,900 | laid up 2010 |