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Oceangoing privately owned ships under U.S.-flag by type 2017

U.S.-flag oceangoing privately owned merchant fleet as of December 1, 2017, by ship type (in units)

This graph represents the number of oceangoing privately owned vessels in the United States-flag fleet as of December 1, 2017, by type. As of December 1, 2017, there were some 65 container ships in the United States-flag fleet.

Tanker 65
Container ship 62
Ro-Ro 29
General cargo 21
Dry bulk 5
Total 182