Ro-Ro Ships Built in U.S. Shipyards
Most recent update: March 7, 2011.
Of the 35 large ro-ro ships built in the U.S. since WWII, 16 were built with CDS for foreign trading and 19 were built without CDS for domestic trading.
| Year |
Original Name |
Original Owner | Shipbuilder | Hull # | MARAD Hull # | MARAD Design | GT | DWT | Price ($mm) | Notes |
| Built with CDS for Foreign Trading | ||||||||||
|
1958
|
Comet
|
U.S. Maritime Administration |
Sun
|
601
|
42 | C3-ST-14a |
13,800 |
10,300
|
AKR 7 1985 | |
|
1967 |
Sea Lift |
U.S. Navy |
Lockheed |
124 |
167 |
C4-ST-67a |
16,500 |
12,500 |
16.2 |
RRF Meteor |
| 1969 | Mormacsea | Moore-McCormack Lines | Ingalls | 1157 | 221 | C5-S-78a | 11,750 | 16,000 | 15.9 | Scrapped |
| 1968 | Mormacsky | Moore-McCormack Lines | Ingalls | 1158 | 222 | C5-S-78a | 11,750 | 16,000 | 15.9 | T-AVB 2 Curtiss |
| 1969 | Mormacstar | Moore-McCormack Lines | Ingalls | 1159 | 223 | C5-S-78a | 11,750 | 16,000 | 15.9 | NDRF Cape Nome |
| 1970 | Mormacsun | Moore-McCormack Lines | Ingalls | 1160 | 224 | C5-S-78a | 11,750 | 16,000 | 15.9 | T-AVB 1 Wright |
| 1976 |
Maine |
States Line | Bath | 366 | 279 | C7-S-95a | 15,000 | 14,500 | 38.0 |
RRF Cape Inscription |
| 1976 |
Arizona |
States Line | Bath | 367 | 280 | C7-S-95a | 15,000 | 14,500 | 38.0 |
RRF Cape Intrepid |
| 1976 |
Nevada |
States Line | Bath | 368 | 281 | C7-S-95a | 15,000 | 14,500 | 38.0 |
RRF Cape Isabel |
| 1977 |
Illinois |
States Line | Bath | 369 | 295 | C7-S-95a | 15,000 | 14,500 | 38.0 |
RRF Cape Island |
|
1979 |
America |
American Atlantic Shipping |
Equitable |
332 |
C1-M-122a |
|
6,660 |
9.9 |
Now Island Enterprise | |
|
1980 |
Amazonia |
American Atlantic Shipping |
Equitable |
333 |
C1-M-122a |
|
6,660 |
9.9 |
Now Geysir | |
|
1980 |
Antillia |
American Atlantic Shipping |
Equitable |
334 |
C1-M-122a |
|
6,660 |
9.9 |
Now R.M. Thorstenson | |
|
1983
|
John B.
Waterman |
Waterman
Line |
Sun |
679
|
346 | C7-S-133a |
18,500
|
23,500
|
68.5 | AKR
3005 SGT Matej Kocak |
|
1983
|
Thomas
Heyward |
Waterman
Line |
Sun |
680
|
347 | C7-S-133a |
18,500
|
23,500
|
68.5 | AKR 3006 PFC Eugene A. Obregon
|
|
1983 |
Charles Carroll |
Waterman Line |
GD Quincy |
86 |
351 | C7-S-133a |
18,500 |
23,500 |
68.5 | AKR 3007 MAJ Stephen W.Pless
|
| Built without CDS for Domestic Trading | ||||||||||
|
1967
|
ADM Wm.
M. Callaghan |
Sunexport Holdings |
Sun
|
646
|
24,500
|
13,700
|
AKR
1001 1987 |
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|
1968
|
Ponce
de Leon |
Navieras de
P.R. |
Sun |
647
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
Scrapped
|
|||
|
1971
|
Eric K.
Holzer |
Transamerica Trailer
Ferries |
Sun |
650
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
18.0 | NDRF
Bayamon |
||
|
1973
|
Lurline
|
Matson Navigation |
Sun |
662
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
30.0 | Active
|
||
|
1972
|
Fortaleza
|
Navieras de
P.R. |
Sun |
663
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
30.0 | Scrapped
|
||
|
1973
|
Matsonia
|
Matson Navigation |
Sun |
664
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
30.0 | Active
|
||
|
1974
|
El
Taino |
Navieras de
P.R. |
Sun |
666
|
15,200
|
14,500
|
30.0 | Now Sea
Star Line's El Morro |
||
|
1975
|
Puerto
Rico |
Navieras de
P.R. |
Sun |
670
|
18,000
|
17,300
|
30.0 | Now Sea Star Line's El Faro | ||
|
1975
|
Great
Land |
TOTE |
Sun |
673
|
18,000
|
17,300
|
30.0 | Chartered to Matson as a car carrier | ||
|
1976
|
Atlantic Bear
|
Pacific
Far East Line |
Sun |
674
|
18,000
|
17,300
|
30.0 | Now Sea Star
Line's El Yunque
|
||
|
1977
|
Westward Venture
|
TOTE |
Sun |
675
|
18,000
|
17,300
|
30.0 | Scrapped 2011 | ||
|
1985 |
2LT John P. Bobo |
AMSEA |
GD Quincy |
61 |
|
46,000 |
124.0 | Built commercially for long-term charter to MSC. All active. | ||
|
1985 |
PFC Dewayne T. Williams |
AMSEA |
GD Quincy |
62 |
|
46,000 |
124.0 | |||
|
1985 |
1LT Baldomero Lopez |
AMSEA |
GD Quincy |
63 |
|
46,000 |
124.0 | |||
|
1986 |
1LT Jack Lummus |
AMSEA |
GD Quincy |
64 |
|
46,000 |
124.0 | |||
|
1986 |
SGT William R. Button |
AMSEA |
GD Quincy |
65 |
|
46,000 |
124.0 | |||
|
2003 |
Midnight Sun |
TOTE | NASSCO |
490 |
61,000 |
27,900 |
175.0 |
Active |
||
|
2003 |
North Star |
TOTE | NASSCO |
491 |
61,000 |
27,900 |
175.0 |
Active |
||
|
2005 |
Jean Anne |
Pasha Hawaiian Transport |
Halter |
B105 |
37,000 |
12,500 |
70.0 |
Active |
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