The Decline of U.S. Shipbuilding

Yards that built deep-draft, self-propelled, oceangoing naval and/or merchant ships of at least 400 feet in length.

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 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
                                                                                                           
Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson Nixon Ford Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Bush
                                                                                                           
Total Output of Commercial Ships in #s of Ships
45 38 8 9 23 31 32 25 25 27 34 16 16 13 13 24 22 13 14 19 34 24 19 22 25 19 21 23 22 17 15 5 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 4 2 6 1 2 2 4 2 4 4  
Total Output of Commercial Ships in 000 Gross Tons
570 564 105 126 320 573 717 404 369 385 422 224 180 161 163 329 416 370 407 491 887 684 469 755 1036 1027 1298 788 347 326 283 125 60 95 166 0 0 0 0 45 0 17 2 28 107 24 161 7 90 90 243 243 267 251  
Total Output of Naval Ships in #s of Ships
16 13 14 9 23 8 16 12 16 16 17 21 18 13 21 16 31 32 33 21 8 9 3 8 12 14 16 19 26 16