Department of Commerce
Bureau of Navigation

Annual List of
Merchant Vessels of the United States
with official Numbers and Signal Letters
and
Lists of Vessels Belonging to the United States Government
with distinguishing signals

1860 · 1861 · 1862 · 1863 · 1864 · 1865 · 1866 · 1867 · 1868 · 1869
1870 · 1871 · 1872 · 1873 · 1874 · 1875 · 1876 · 1877 · 1878 · 1879
1880 · 1881 · 1882 · 1883 · 1884 · 1885 · 1886 · 1887 · 1888 · 1889
1890 · 1891 · 1892 · 1893 · 1894 ·
1895 · 1896 · 1897 · 1898 · 1899

1900 · 1901 · 1902 · 1903 · 1904 · 1905 · 1906 · 1907 · 1908 · 1909
1910 · 1911 · 1912 · 1913 · 1914 · 1915 · 1916 · 1917 · 1918 · 1919
1920 · 1921 · 1922 · 1923 · 1924 · 1925 · 1926 · 1927 · 1928 · 1929
1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 · 1938 · 1939
1940 · 1941 · 1942 · 1943 · 1944 · 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949
1950 · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 1959
1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 · 1969
1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979


(The following information is included primarily to be sure the search engines properly index the most relevant terms from the Annual Lists)

The following headings occur in one or more of the Annual Lists. The first section is relatively stable--allowing for the evolution from sail to steam to diesel and the shifting organization of Executive Department agencies, while the second section reflects terms found in some, but not all, volumes (e.g., "Seized German Vessels" occurs in a few years following World War I.)


  1. Merchant sailing vessels alphabetically arranged

  2. Merchant steam vessels alphabetically arranged

  1. (a) Iron and Steel Vessels of the United States
    (a) Merchant motor vessels alphabetically arranged

  2. Unrigged merchant vessels alphabetically arranged

      Index to compound names
  3. Loss of American vessels and lists of vessels of the United States measured under Panama Canal rules

  4. Government Vessels

    • United States Navy
    • United States Army
        Quartermaster Corps
        Engineer Corps
        Ordnance Department
    • Treasury Department
        Coast Guard
        Public Health Service
    • Department of Commerce
        Lighthouse Service (Bureau of Lighthouses)
        Coast and Geodetic Survey
        Bureau of Fisheries
        Bureau of Navigation
    • Department of Labor
        Bureau of Immigration (Immigration and Naturalization Service)
    • Department of the Interior
        Reclamation Service
    • Mississippi River Commission
    • Vessels owned and employed by the Panama Canal or the Panama Railroad Company

Appendix




2 September 2011
Compiled by Tom Woronko for the HyperWar Foundation