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Table 1-34: U.S. Flag Vessels by Type and Age (Number of vessels)

Age ^a	Vessel type
Age ^a	Dry cargo	Tanker	Towboat	Passenger	Offshore support / crewboats ^b	Dry barge	Tank / liquid barge ^c	Total
1990–91, total	900	257	5,210	721	1,168	27,110	3,874	39,342
<6	80	6	132	151	85	2,335	162	2,951
6–10	161	38	706	120	318	4,570	316	6,229
11–15	212	50	1,029	110	474	7,639	829	10,343
16–20	141	35	844	80	144	6,374	750	8,368
21–25	82	38	750	65	84	2,607	759	4,385
>25	196	86	1,718	188	51	3,372	1,049	6,660
1992, total	497	249	5,203	1,201	1,205	26,981	3,864	39,313
<6	36	5	134	219	93	3,224	296	4,012
6–10	73	28	398	198	208	1,783	121	2,829
11–15	135	54	1,137	203	567	9,114	902	12,150
16–20	73	33	926	169	189	6,696	740	8,853
21–25	31	42	716	122	91	2,475	677	4,167
>25	124	82	1,874	287	53	3,496	1,123	7,049
1993, total	470	205	5,219	1,243	1,197	26,982	3,970	39,306
<6	25	3	135	207	103	3,558	325	4,356
6–10	67	22	205	221	107	1,070	68	1,764
11–15	135	43	1,221	211	597	8,810	869	11,894
16–20	70	33	968	164	218	6,772	791	9,019
21–25	41	31	674	129	106	2,904	655	4,543
>25	128	73	2,008	311	64	3,713	1,256	7,555
1994, total	778	202	5,179	928	1,236	26,757	3,966	39,064
<6	46	4	146	157	107	3,630	399	4,489
6–10	103	12	151	185	61	1,171	36	1,719
11–15	200	36	1,135	123	540	7,903	754	10,691
16–20	130	44	966	122	309	6,314	799	8,684
21–25	90	32	664	82	130	3,873	638	5,509
>25	206	74	2,107	259	86	3,706	1,327	7,765
1995, total	726	178	5,127	954	1,288	27,375	3,985	39,641
<6	38	5	168	149	119	3,975	489	4,943
6–10	90	8	134	195	58	1,483	46	2,014
11–15	168	34	959	133	463	6,387	611	8,760
16–20	135	38	988	121	412	6,507	736	8,939
21–25	80	29	726	91	141	4,897	697	6,661
>25	213	64	2,146	263	92	3,966	1,403	8,148
1996, total	713	161	5,177	967	1,274	28,775	4,036	41,104
<6	43	7	205	153	123	5,189	573	6,293
6–10	74	8	118	188	61	2,041	87	2,577
11–15	141	29	715	142	351	4,505	346	6,229
16–20	155	36	1,036	119	460	7,234	840	9,881
21–25	79	23	842	87	155	5,416	723	7,325
>25	229	62	2,386	290	144	4,766	1,576	9,453
1997, total	692	147	5,173	1,025	1,369	29,040	3,971	41,419
<6	52	8	227	150	122	5,515	519	6,593
6–10	66	2	118	187	94	2,582	181	3,230
11–15	96	27	396	152	223	1,800	137	2,831
16–20	183	36	1,173	131	588	8,943	928	11,982
21–25	84	21	918	102	177	5,772	727	7,801
>25	209	53	2,332	302	159	4,284	1,477	8,816
1998, total	714	135	5,237	1,011	1,423	29,557	3,952	42,032
<6	56	12	247	150	163	5,877	485	6,991
6–10	55	3	124	168	105	3,117	267	3,839
11–15	105	19	196	166	111	1,113	72	1,782
16–20	179	31	1,198	129	634	8,591	865	11,626
21–25	88	22	979	106	211	5,909	763	8,076
>25	230	48	2,487	292	195	4,817	1,499	9,573
1999, total	695	142	5,098	970	1,470	29,414	3,973	41,766
<6	60	12	302	144	245	6,640	565	7,968
6–10	49	3	140	146	114	3,192	298	3,943
11–15	97	12	146	183	61	1,231	39	1,769
16–20	146	35	1,101	120	571	7,414	742	10,129
21–25	99	30	953	95	283	5,302	760	7,522
>25	243	50	2,447	282	191	5,491	1,560	10,267
2000, total	737	135	4,995	918	1,414	29,141	4,011	41,354
<6	66	11	325	134	246	6,721	582	8,085
6–10	50	4	143	118	106	3,051	329	3,802
11–15	113	8	142	178	58	1,565	48	2,112
16–20	136	34	929	124	454	5,846	602	8,125
21–25	105	30	954	90	332	5,365	712	7,588
>25	263	48	2,497	271	214	6,461	1,714	11,470
2001, total	966	120	5,150	733	1,573	28,920	4,122	41,588
<6	114	12	369	84	305	6,830	623	8,337
6–10	76	3	167	81	111	2,815	388	3,641
11–15	132	5	125	138	68	2,043	85	2,596
16–20	139	32	692	110	372	4,241	329	5,916
21–25	154	28	972	77	452	6,126	805	8,614
>25	347	40	2,818	240	262	6,712	1,884	12,306
2002, total	989	108	5,180	750	1,591	28,313	4,068	41,002
<6	113	13	369	70	322	6,117	595	7,599
6–10	86	3	185	92	96	3,416	419	4,298
11–15	130	2	142	136	89	2,499	172	3,170
16–20	114	22	381	117	228	1,669	134	2,665
21–25	175	35	1,091	75	547	7,702	843	10,468
>25	368	33	3,004	256	305	6,731	1,904	12,603
2003, total	969	104	5,172	789	1,609	27,304	4,031	39,983
<6	114	9	362	69	314	4,909	604	6,381
6–10	93	7	217	89	126	4,155	396	5,085
11–15	110	3	148	122	93	2,976	260	3,712
16–20	127	15	198	133	111	1,054	71	1,709
21–25	168	32	1,135	84	584	7,135	774	9,912
>25	354	38	3,105	287	378	6,884	1,923	12,972
2004, total	987	103	5,314	834	1,746	27,227	4,069	40,290
<6	126	11	367	72	279	4,556	676	6,087
6–10	112	10	272	97	198	4,840	453	5,983
11–15	95	3	166	119	109	3,057	296	3,846
16–20	132	8	157	144	64	1,169	35	1,709
21–25	130	31	1,083	92	580	6,240	639	8,795
>25	390	40	3,262	308	512	7,152	1,970	13,642
2005, total	969	100	5,290	841	1,768	27,901	4,151	41,028
<6	115	11	336	62	244	4,140	743	5,651
6–10	106	13	321	96	262	5,611	512	6,921
11–15	74	4	157	114	107	3,120	333	3,911
16–20	137	3	155	150	59	1,507	43	2,054
21–25	116	30	907	98	464	5,174	535	7,324
>25	419	39	3,406	321	629	8,113	1,985	14,918
2006, total	946	90	5,285	828	1,721	27,961	4,250	41,109
<6	123	14	362	53	237	3,955	833	5,577
6–10	103	10	336	88	277	6,006	496	7,316
11–15	75	2	172	101	103	2,913	386	3,752
16–20	127	3	132	148	55	1,949	84	2,498
21–25	96	21	690	110	359	3,629	293	5,198
>25	421	40	3,581	328	685	9,204	2,155	16,414
2007, total	931	80	5,356	833	1,810	27,187	4,467	40,695
<6	100	8	411	46	258	4,340	1,005	6,169
6–10	102	10	355	79	288	5,508	481	6,827
11–15	90	3	191	106	104	3,537	418	4,451
16–20	117	2	144	142	87	2,080	172	2,744
21–25	86	15	380	123	213	1,482	123	2,424
>25	435	42	3,860	337	853	9,893	2,263	17,705
2008, total	894	76	5,424	821	1,830	26,678	4,560	40,301
<6	90	10	475	45	295	4,494	1,127	6,536
6–10	102	8	360	72	292	4,435	494	5,766
11–15	96	6	214	95	123	4,543	390	5,469
16–20	94	3	155	129	93	2,524	259	3,257
21–25	87	12	205	138	88	935	63	1,528
>25	425	37	4,003	341	936	9,395	2,225	17,375
2009, total	891	72	5,437	833	1,856	26,447	4,561	40,109
<6	70	10	517	39	279	4,782	1,212	6,910
6–10	105	7	330	63	244	3,910	510	5,170
11–15	111	9	272	95	197	5,028	444	6,157
16–20	81	3	159	122	101	2,786	291	3,543
21–25	98	5	154	145	63	969	25	1,459
>25	426	38	3,992	367	969	8,634	2,074	16,509
2010, total	875	77	5,466	843	1,817	26,848	4,564	40,512
<6	61	17	573	27	271	5,391	1,170	7,511
6–10	110	7	303	59	212	3,398	548	4,640
11–15	111	9	330	92	231	5,587	511	6,874
16–20	63	3	145	114	101	2,764	329	3,520
21–25	109	3	147	155	50	1,214	36	1,715
>25	421	38	3,964	395	949	8,184	1,969	15,933

^a Age is based on the year the vessel was built or rebuilt.

^b In 1992, Offshore support boats were designated as crew boats.

^c In 1992, Tank barges were designated as Liquid barges.

NOTES

Figures include vessels available for operation.

Totals may be greater than sum because of unclassified vessels and vessels of unknown age.

SOURCE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States, Volume 1, National Summaries (New Orleans, LA: Annual Issues), table 4, available at http://www.ndc.iwr.usace.army.mil/publications.htm as of Feb. 27, 2012.