US-Flag Ferries - Publicly Operated
Most recent update: October 1, 2011.
This table attempts to list all the publicly operated ferries operating in the U.S. today - 300 of them. Note that it does not include other types 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 |
| Ferries Operated by or on behalf of Federal Government Agencies | ||||||||||
| U.S. Dept of Interior | Inchelium | WA | Columbian Princess | Fisherman's Shop | 101 | 637632 | 1981 | 95 | 99 | Active |
| U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security | Orient Point | NY | Plum Island | Blount Marine | 319 | 1196249 | 2007 | 113 | 93 | Active |
| U.S. Maritime Administration | Washington | DC | Alakai | Austal USA | 615 | 1197588 | 2007 | 321 | 3,617 | Laid up |
| U.S. Maritime Administration | Washington | DC | Huakai | Austal USA | 616 | 1215902 | 2009 | 321 | 3,617 | Laid up |
| U.S. National Park Service | Houghton | MI | Ranger III | Bay Shipbuilding | 383 | 277361 | 1958 | 153 | 648 | Active |
| U.S. National Park Service | King Salmon | AK | Qit Rwik | Allen Marine | 50 | 1201830 | 2007 | 61 | 62 | Active |
| U.S. National Park Service | Akers | MO | Akers Ferry | Unknown | 1985 | 50 | 29 | Active | ||
| Ferries Operated by or on behalf of State Government Agencies | ||||||||||
| Alabama, State of | Dauphin Island | AL | Marissa Mae Nicole | New Bern Shipyard | 2018 | 528840 | 1970 | 112 | 199 | Ex-Conrad Wirth |
| Alabama, State of | Dauphin Island | AL | Ft. Morgan | Conrad Industries | 494 | 939553 | 1988 | 140 | 99 | Active |
| Alabama, State of | Camden | AL | Gees Bend | Bonner Boats | 1151336 | 2004 | 96 | 86 | Active | |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Malaspina | Lockheed SB | 113 | 290288 | 1963 | 372 | 2,928 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Taku | Lockheed SB | 112 | 290756 | 1963 | 317 | 2,625 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Matanuska | Lockheed SB | 114 | 291533 | 1963 | 372 | 3,029 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Tustumena | Bay Shipbuilding | 418 | 295172 | 1964 | 266 | 2,174 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Leconte | Peterson Builders | 9175 | 555601 | 1973 | 218 | 1,328 | Laid up |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Columbia | Lockheed SB | 142 | 557340 | 1974 | 377 | 3,946 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Aurora | Peterson Builders | 9335 | 582567 | 1977 | 218 | 1,280 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Kennicott | Halter Moss Point | 1510 | 1063644 | 1998 | 344 | 9,978 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Fairweather | Derecktor CT | 4100 | 1148175 | 2003 | 220 | 1,280 | Active |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Lituya | Conrad Industries | 1148179 | 2004 | 165 | 97 | Active | |
| Alaska, State of | Juneau | AK | Chenega | Derecktor CT | 4200 | 1166054 | 2005 | 220 | 1,333 | Active |
| Arkansas, State of | Little Rock | AR | Lady Marion | Unknown | 516604 | 1968 | 60 | 38 | Active | |
| Arkansas, State of | Little Rock | AR | St. Charles Ferry | Unknown | 378 | 549432 | 1967 | 29 | 9 | Active |
| Arkansas, State of | Little Rock | AR | Spring Bank Ferry Tug | Unknown | 549433 | 1967 | 28 | 9 | Active | |
| California, State of | Walnut Creek | CA | J-Mack | Fulton SY | 233 | 545436 | 1969 | 62 | 46 | Active |
| California, State of | Walnut Creek | CA | The Real McCoy | Stephens Marine | 545438 | 1945 | 65 | 62 | Active | |
| California, State of | Walnut Creek | CA | Real McCoy II | Nichols Bros. | 161 | 1225660 | 2010 | 84 | 98 | Active |
| Connecticut, State of | Chester | CT | Selden III | Luders Marine | 300 | 257366 | 1949 | 65 | 87 | Active |
| Connecticut, State of | Rocky Hill | CT | Cumberland | Blount Marine | 28 | 270671 | 1955 | 28 | 10 | Active |
| Connecticut, State of | Rocky Hill | CT | Hollister III | Blount Marine | 29 | 270672 | 1955 | 64 | 29 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | Delaware | Todd Houston | 592 | 555834 | 1974 | 301 | 2,108 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | New Jersey | Todd Houston | 593 | 560370 | 1974 | 284 | 2,108 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | Twin Capes | Todd Houston | 594 | 563906 | 1975 | 301 | 2,262 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | American River | Aluminum Boats | 222 | 622759 | 1980 | 96 | 96 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | Cape Henlopen | Norshipco | 179 | 637807 | 1981 | 285 | 2,120 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | Cape May | Norshipco | 183 | 676257 | 1985 | 299 | 2,165 | Active |
| Delaware River & Bay Authority | N. Cape May | NJ | Delafort | Aluminum Boats | 328 | 962031 | 1990 | 55 | 39 | Active |
| Delaware River Port Authority | Philadelphia | NJ | Freedom | Blount Marine | 240 | 639911 | 1981 | 92 | 98 | Ex-Essex |
| Delaware, State of | Seaford | DE | Tina Fallon | Chesapeake SB | 84 | 1206170 | 2008 | 64 | 49 | Active |
| Florida, State of | Mayport | FL | Jean Ribault | Atlantic Marine | 229 | 1038966 | 1996 | 154 | 497 | Active |
| Georgia, State of | Sapelo Island | GA | Annemarie | Aqua Bay Marine | 47 | 991008 | 1993 | 65 | 61 | Active |
| Georgia, State of | Sapelo Island | GA | Katie Underwood | Geo Shipyard | 184 | 1191526 | 2006 | 68 | 61 | Active |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Ferry Barge No. 9 | Unknown | 555990 | 1973 | 84 | 75 | Active | |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Kampsville II | Unknown | 597970 | 1978 | 48 | 22 | Active | |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Ferry Barge No. 10 | Riverway SY | 620 | 597971 | 1978 | 85 | 79 | Active |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Brussels II | Unknown | 610208 | 1979 | 48 | 22 | Active | |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Ferry Barge No. 11 | Riverway SY | 626 | 610290 | 1979 | 85 | 82 | Active |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Deerplain | Unknown | 914368 | 1987 | 50 | 16 | Active | |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Miss Illinois | Serodino | 92 | 1064642 | 1998 | 48 | 45 | Active |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Barge 2000 | Serodino | 98 | 1103212 | 2000 | 115 | 69 | Active |
| Illinois, State of | St. Louis | IL | Belle of Calhoun | Serodino | 97 | 1103213 | 2001 | 48 | 45 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Louis B. Porterie | Unknown | 236610 | 1937 | 140 | 566 | Ex-Westside | |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Thomas Jefferson | Southern SB | 242522 | 1942 | 142 | 477 | Ex-Crescent | |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | W. F. Cooper | Halter Equitable | 429 | 251462 | 1946 | 42 | 22 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | W. Prescott Foster | Halter Equitable | 436 | 258896 | 1947 | 42 | 21 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Saint Charles | Avondale MW | 344 | 262063 | 1951 | 96 | 233 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Feliciana | Calcasieu SB | 21 | 270909 | 1956 | 97 | 281 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Ferry Barge No. 305-041 | Ingalls IW | 541 | 276728 | 1950 | 60 | 81 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Iberville | Southern SB | 735 | 277276 | 1958 | 97 | 223 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Cameron No II | Zigler SY | 165 | 294317 | 1964 | 204 | 800 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | St Francisville | Equitable Equipment | 510382 | 1967 | 143 | 656 | Active | |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | New Roads | Halter Equitable | 1687 | 577910 | 1976 | 143 | 656 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | St. John | Halter Equitable | 1688 | 582890 | 1977 | 143 | 656 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Ascension | Wall SY | 39 | 583431 | 1977 | 155 | 787 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Capt. Neville Levy | Jeffboat | 2013 | 588306 | 1977 | 190 | 858 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Sen. Alvin T. Stumpf | Jeffboat | 2014 | 593578 | 1978 | 190 | 858 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Col. Frank X. Armiger | Settoon, Fred | 184 | 593755 | 1978 | 88 | 268 | Active |
| Louisiana, State of | Baton Rouge | LA | Acadia | Halter Equitable | 1723 | 624880 | 1980 | 143 | 624 | Active |
| Maine, State of | Rockland | ME | North Haven | Wiley Mfg. | 279604 | 1959 | 85 | 143 | Active | |
| Maine, State of | Rockland | ME | Everett Libby | Wiley Mfg. | 280585 | 1967 | 105 | 198 | Active | |
| Maine, State of | Rockland | ME | Governor Curtis | New Bern Shipyard | 515310 | 1968 | 123 | 303 | Active | |
| Maine, State of | Islesboro | ME | Margaret Chase Smith | Atlantic Marine | 207 | 914647 | 1987 | 153 | 99 | Active |
| Maine, State of | Swans Island | ME | Captain Henry Lee | Washburn & Doughty | 41 | 982982 | 1992 | 127 | 288 | Active |
| Maine, State of | Vinalhaven | ME | Captain Charles Philbrook | Washburn & Doughty | 42 | 990664 | 1993 | 127 | 288 | Active |
| Maine, State of | North Haven | ME | Captain Neal Burgess | Washburn & Doughty | 43 | 991931 | 1993 | 127 | 288 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Governor | Moore Dry Dock | 308 | 267527 | 1954 | 242 | 678 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Nantucket | Atlantic Marine | 556196 | 1974 | 217 | 1,148 | Active | |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Sankaty | Rysco | 53 | 640565 | 1981 | 220 | 749 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Gay Head | Unknown | 643770 | 1981 | 218 | 99 | Active | |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Katama | Scully Bros. | 171 | 653266 | 1982 | 216 | 99 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Eagle | McDermott SB | 278 | 910026 | 1987 | 220 | 276 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Martha's Vineyard | Atlantic Marine | 225 | 997221 | 1993 | 224 | 1,297 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Flying Cloud | Derecktor NY | 3200 | 1094428 | 2000 | 128 | 97 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Iyanough | Gladding-Hearn | 357 | 1185366 | 2006 | 145 | 98 | Active |
| Massachusetts Commonwealth of | Woods Hole | MA | Island Home | VT Halter Marine | 1966 | 1188126 | 2007 | 235 | 1,567 | Active |
| Michigan, State of | Sault Ste. Marie | MI | Neebish Islander II | Lock City Machine | 250723 | 1946 | 80 | 90 | Ex-Sugar Islander | |
| Michigan, State of | Drummond Island | MI | Drummond Islander III | Halter Escatawpa | 115 | 953891 | 1989 | 101 | 96 | Active |
| Michigan, State of | Sugar Island | MI | Sugar Islander II | Basic Marine | 93 | 1036099 | 1995 | 109 | 90 | Active |
| Michigan, State of | Drummond Island | MI | Drummond Islander IV | Basic Marine | 108 | 1101330 | 2000 | 142 | 97 | Active |
| Montana, State of | McClelland | MT | McClelland Ferry | Unknown | 2004 | 50 | 27 | Active | ||
| North Carolina, State of | Cedar Island | NC | Silver Lake | New Bern Shipyard | 1754 | 299744 | 1965 | 208 | 688 | Active |
| North Carolina, State of | Cedar Island | NC | Pamlico | New Bern Shipyard | 1756 | 501195 | 1965 | 208 | 734 | Active |
| North Carolina, State of | Cherry Branch | NC | Herbert C. Bonner | New Bern Shipyard | 2016 | 527174 | 1970 | 112 | 199 | Active |
| North Carolina, State of | Ocracoke | NC | Governor Edward Hyde | Halter Equitable | 1695 | 582485 | 1977 | 161 | 574 | Active |
| North Carolina, State of | Currituck | NC | Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. | Offshore SB | 31 | 665747 | ||||