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This web site is primarily concerned with the history of the U.S. shipbuilding industry.  In the right-hand column below are links to tables that document the construction records of individual U.S. shipbuilders and boatbuilders, the construction of ships in U.S. yards by type, and assorted historical statistics.  In the left-hand column are links to tables that document current activities in the U.S. shipbuilding and shipping industries, some of the more interesting activities in international shipbuilding, and the construction records of Canadian shipbuilders.  Please send any additions and corrections to TimColton@aol.com.

Latest additions:  A new group of tables documenting the world's fleets of Large Warships.  And the tables of U.S. Shipbuilders' Financial Data have been updated.

Shipbuilding Today Shipbuilding History
U.S. Shipbuilding Today Construction Records of 150 Active U.S. Shipbuilders
Directory of U.S. Shipyards - Updated 16-Jan 6 Major Shipbuilders
Current U.S. Shipbuilding Contracts - Updated 6-Mar 22 Mid-Sized Shipbuilders
Current Major Commercial Shipbuilding Programs - Updated 14-Dec 18 Small Shipbuilders with Significant Construction Records
Current Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding Programs - Updated 26-Feb 72 Other Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders
Details of Current Navy Shipbuilding Contracts - Updated 26-Feb 16 Megayacht Builders
U.S. Shipbuilding Contract Awards in 2010 - Updated 6-Mar 16 Aluminum Boatbuilders
U.S. Shipbuilding Deliveries in 2010 - Updated 3-Feb

Construction Records of 431 Inactive U.S. Shipbuilders

U.S. Shipbuilding Deliveries in 2009 - Updated 1-Feb 6 Major Shipbuilders
U.S. Shipbuilding Deliveries in 2008 52 Other Significant Shipbuilders
Summary of U.S. Shipbuilding Deliveries, 1990-2009 - Expanded 29-Jan 27 Significant 19th-Century Shipbuilders
U.S. Shipbuilding Statistics - 21 tables 14 Publicly-Owned Shipyards
U.S. Shipbuilders' Financial Data - 4 tables - Updated 22-Feb 87 World War Two Emergency Shipbuilders
  33 World War One Emergency Shipbuilders
U.S. Shipping Today 185 Small Shipbuilders and Boatbuilders
US-Flag Fleets by Type - 17 tables 27 Former Yacht Builders That Built Naval Vessels in Wartime
Directory of US-Flag Ship Operators by Type - 11 tables

Index to the 581 Active and Inactive U.S. Shipbuilders

U.S. Shipping Statistics - 16 tables - Updated 7-Nov

Plus: ~1500 Other U.S. Yards That Occasionally Built Ships - 11 tables

Worldwide Construction and Operation of High-Value Ships

Construction of Ships in U.S. Yards by Type

LNG Carriers - 3 tables - Updated 6-Mar U.S. Navy Ships and Submarines - 22 tables
Fully Refrigerated LPG Carriers - 3 tables - Updated 6-Mar U.S. Navy Boats and Craft - 48 tables
Large Cruise Ships - 3 tables - Updated 5-Mar U.S. Coast Guard Ships, Boats and Craft - 7 tables
Offshore Drilling Rigs and FPSOs - 7 tables - Updated 6-Mar U.S. Army Ships, Boats and Craft - 10 tables
Large Warships - 14 tables - Updated 2-Mar N.O.A.A. and Other U.S. Government Research Vessels - 2 tables

Other International Shipbuilding Data

Oceangoing Merchant Ships Built in World War One - 12 tables
International Shipbuilding Statistics - 9 tables Oceangoing Merchant Ships Built in World War Two - 21 tables
International Shipbuilders' Financial Data - 4 tables - Updated 10-Feb Oceangoing Merchant Ships Built Since World War Two - 15 tables

Canadian Shipbuilding

Other Historical Information

Canadian Shipyard Construction Records - 54 tables so far, 2 still to come Historical U.S. Shipbuilding Statistics - 24 tables
Canadian Maritime Memorials and Museums - 1 table U.S. Maritime Memorials and Museums - 2 tables
Sources of Data

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