US-Flag Ferries - Privately Operated

Most recent update: October 1, 2011.

This table attempts to list all the privately operated ferries operating in the U.S. today - 358 of them.  Note that it does not include tour boats, dinner boats, or any other type of passenger vessel, just ferries.  The list is as complete as I can make it, but small ferries are very hard to track.  Please send any corrections or additions to timcolton@aol.com.

Name of Operator Location State Name of Ferry Shipbuilder Hull # O.N. Built Length (ft.) Gross Tons Notes
Anderson Ferry Inc Constance  KY Boone No. 7 Stanwood Corp.   236465 1937 65 58 Active
Anderson Ferry Inc Constance  KY Little Boone Walker Boatyard   263441 1952 39 13 Active
Anderson Ferry Inc Constance  KY Boone No. 8 Walker Boatyard   263442 1952 78 57 Active
Anderson Ferry Inc Constance  KY Deborah A. Humboldt Boats   271756 1956 39 18 Ex-Lillian
Anderson Ferry Inc Constance  KY Boone No. 9 Maxon Marine 1391 598067 1977 80 77 Active
Angel Island Tiburon Ferry Inc Tiburon  CA Bonita San Diego Marine 133 286724 1961 53 32 Ex-Echo IV
Angel Island Tiburon Ferry Inc Tiburon  CA Angel Island Unknown   564370 1975 60 98 Active
Angel Island Tiburon Ferry Inc Tiburon  CA Tamalpais Gulf Craft 203 569985 1976 62 90 Ex-Glacier Seas
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Mackinac Islander Bay Shipbuilding   253170 1947 79 99 Ex-Drummond Islander
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Beaver Lock City Machine   264186 1952 64 84 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Corsair Blount Marine 35 269660 1955 92 98 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Huron Paasch Marine   269888 1955 86 99 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Ottawa Paasch Marine   278860 1959 91 81 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Algomah Paasch Marine 139 286075 1961 85 81 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Chippewa Paasch Marine 141 288825 1962 84 81 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Straits of Mackinac II Blount Marine 150 521407 1969 90 89 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Mackinac Express Gladding-Hearn 263 915735 1987 78 90 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Island Express Gladding-Hearn 267 931459 1988 78 90 Active
Arnold Transit Company Mackinac Island MI Straits Express Marinette Marine 401 1029924 1995 92 99 Active
Asoc.  Isleta Marina Isleta Marina PR Isleta III Ensign Marine 81 571342 1976 36 19 Active
Asoc.  Isleta Marina Isleta Marina PR Isleta I Heritage Comm 113 589309 1977 36 19 Active
Bal Cat Enterprises Balboa  CA Catalina Flyer Nichols Bros. 88 929166 1988 115 93 Active
Balboa Island Ferry Company Newport Beach CA Admiral Jones, Evan D.   267398 1954 58 13 Active
Balboa Island Ferry Company Newport Beach CA Captain Jones, Evan D.   269291 1955 58 13 Active
Balboa Island Ferry Company Newport Beach CA Commodore Jones, Evan D.   273728 1957 58 13 Active
Bald Head Island Transportation Bald Head Island NC Sans Souci LAFCO 1270 573124 1976 72 93 Active
Bald Head Island Transportation Bald Head Island NC Adventure Breaux Bros. 122 916323 1987 65 76 Ex-Zephyr V
Bald Head Island Transportation Bald Head Island NC Patriot Island Boats 10051 1145046 2003 77 77 Active
Bald Head Island Transportation Bald Head Island NC Ranger Island Boats 10064 1179424 2006 77 80 Active
Bay Point Navigation Corp Point O' Woods NY Point O' Woods VII Freeport SB 266 1139591 2003 70 65 Active
Bay State Cruise Co Boston  MA Provincetown II Jakobson SY 464 626239 1980 177 96 Active
Black Ball Transport Inc Port Angeles WA Coho Lockheed SB 105 280243 1959 310 5,366 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Harbor Emperor Colberg SY   513351 1968 83 94 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Royal Star Blount Marine 152 524689 1970 105 98 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Bay Monarch Colberg SY 76-1 572538 1976 127 97 Ex-Catalina Monarch
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Oski Nichols Bros. 43 603966 1979 72 88 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Old Blue Nichols Bros. 44 607794 1979 72 88 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Golden Bear Nichols Bros. 45 615355 1979 72 88 Active
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Zelinsky Nichols Bros. 83 902663 1986 86 96 Ex-Dolphin
Blue & Gold Fleet LP San Francisco CA Bay Rocket Sunsplash Marina 16 1210057 2008 65 54 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Aurora Newbert & Wallace   253584 1947 78 43 Ex-Francis Todd
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Martha Washington Blount Marine   285596 1961 64 34 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Betty Joe Tyler Scarano BB 8 560424 1974 46 33 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Bay State Gamage, Harvey F. 267 572968 1976 98 98 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Rookie Gamage, Edward T. 8 606587 1979 57 49 Ex-Bostonian II
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Bunker Hill Breaux's Bay Craft 1489 634370 1981 41 22 Ex-Quad II
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Rita Gamage, Edward T. 18 647704 1982 59 59 Ex-Edward Rowe Snow
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Anna Atlantic & Gulf   654113 1983 61 56 Ex-Gracious Lady
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Fort Independence Eastern SB 82 667585 1984 90 98 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Frederick L. Nolan, Jr. Unknown   685254 1985 83 98 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Matthew J. Hughes Steiner Shipyard 292 962633 1990 101 97 Ex-Eugenia Louise
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Laura Steiner Shipyard 291 980056 1991 101 98 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA James J. Doherty Steiner Shipyard 294 982478 1992 101 98 Ex-Royal Winner Princess
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Nora Vittoria Gladding-Hearn 318 1068099 1998 110 98 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston  MA Salacia Gladding-Hearn 326 1095595 2000 127 91 Active
Boston Harbor Cruises Boston MA Codzilla Sunsplash Marina 14 1202003 2007 65 54 Active
Boyson Inc St. John  VI P'ti Bleu II Atlantic Marine 188 645221 1982 75 93 Active
Boyson Inc St. John  VI Auto Trans-It Marinette Marine   1021404 1968 68 97 Ex-74CM6759
Boyson Inc St. John  VI General II Allied Shipyard 169 1029340 1995 87 99 Active
Boyson Inc St. John  VI Mister B Chiasson Welding   1181956 2006 130 84 Active
Bridgeport & Port Jeff SB Co Port Jefferson NY Park City Offshore SB 38 901180 1986 261 1,129 Active
Bridgeport & Port Jeff SB Co Port Jefferson NY P. T. Barnum Eastern SB 659 1083046 1999 290 1,595 Active
Bridgeport & Port Jeff SB Co Port Jefferson NY Grand Republic Eastern SB 808 1138010 2003 294 1,587 Active
Caladesi Island Connection Inc Clearwater  FL Caladesi Connection II Corinthian Yachts 40002 940679 1986 40 6 Active
Caladesi Island Connection Inc Clearwater  FL Caladesi Connection I Corinthian Yachts 40001 940680 1986 40 6 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL A-TEE Marine Structural   510557 1967 40 37 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Golden Eagle Unknown   520882 1969 43 27 Ex-Gumbo
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Brussels Unknown   555989 1973 37 12 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Thelma Jean Serodino 64 927284 1988 80 75 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Calhoun Baalman, Vincent   986924 1992 34 12 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Winfield Ferry No. 2 Unknown   1059224 1996 90 85 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL Jean Marie II Serodino 33 1061358 1977 30 18 Active
Calhoun Ferry Co Batchtown  IL GR-2 American Milling   1065471 1998 90 84 Active
Canonie Atlantic Co Virginia Beach VA Nandua New York Ship 481 257150 1948 408 2,105 Active
Caribbean Fury Inc Key West FL Caribbean Fury Midship Marine 331 1220524 2009 65 45 Active
Caribbean Maritime Excursions Inc St. Thomas  VI American Pride Halter Marine   617827 1979 96 96 Ex-Shuttle IV
Caribbean Maritime Excursions Inc St. Thomas  VI Tortola Fast Ferry Marinteknik   1051693 1984 78 96 Ex-Victoria Clipper II
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Cat Express Nichols Bros. 84 907138 1986 97 97 Ex-Express
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Super Express Westport SY 7508 948896 1989 86 86 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Avalon Express Westport SY 7515 965020 1990 86 86 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Catalina Express Westport SY 8501 1020240 1994 89 99 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Islander Express Westport SY 8502 1020244 1994 89 99 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Catalina Jet Nichols Bros. 133 1062287 1999 122 87 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Aquabus II Willard Marine   1067848 1998 40 17 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Aquabus I Willard Marine   1067849 1998 40 17 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Starship Express Pequot River SW 4 1081393 1999 123 98 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Aqualink Kvichak Marine 407 1112573 2001 65 47 Active
Catalina Express Long Beach  CA Jet Cat Express Nichols Bros. 500 1172011 2005 136 98 Active
Catalina Ferries Marina del Rey CA Marina Flyer Kitsap Catamarans 8501 1168379 2008 77 98 Active
Catalina Ferries Marina del Rey CA Catalina Adventure Geo Shipyard 188 1199588 2007 72 78 Active
Champion Marine Inc Harsens Island MI Champion Champion Marine   241009 1941 56 69 Active
Champion Marine Inc Harsens Island MI North Channel Blount Marine 132 511107 1967 62 67 Active
Champion Marine Inc Harsens Island MI South Channel Blount Marine 174 547083 1973 65 94 Active
Champion Marine Inc Harsens Island MI Middle Channel Vinette, T.D. 196 1048910 1996 48 81 Active
Chappaquiddick Ferry Inc Edgartown MA On Time II Grant, Jared N. 1 523869 1969 53