National Defense Reserve Fleet

Most recent update: June 25, 2010.


Source: MARAD

Year

# of Ships

Year

# of Ships

Year

# of Ships

1946

1,421

1971

860

1996

303

1947

1,204

1972

673

1997

307

1948

1,675

1973

541

1998

307

1949

1,934

1974

487

1999

312

1950

2,277

1975

419

2000 325

1951

1,767

1976

348

2001 316

1952

1,853

1977

333

2002 274
1953

1,932

1978

306

2003 297

1954

2,067

1979

317

2004 284

1955

2,068

1980

303

2005 268

1956

2,061

1981

317

2006 241

1957

1,889

1982

303

2007 239

1958

2,074

1983

304

2008 206

1959

2,060

1984

386

2009 193

1960

2,000

1985

300

2010

1961

1,923

1986

299

2011

1962

1,862

1987

326

2012

1963

1,819

1988

320

2013

1964

1,739

1989

312

2014

1965

1,594

1990

329

2015

1966

1,327

1991

316

2016

1967

1,152

1992

306

2017

1968

1,062

1993

302

2018

1969

1,017

1994

286

2019

1970

1,027

1995

296

2020