Publicly Owned US-Flag Ferries

 (as of July 9, 2008)

This table is as complete as I can make it.  Please send any corrections or additions to timcolton@aol.com.

State Owner Service Ferry Name Shipbuilder Hull # GT LOA Psgrs. Built Disposition

Ferries Owned by Federal Agencies (excluding DoD)
KY National Park Service Mammoth Cave National Park Green River Ferry     32     1989 Active
KY National Park Service Mammoth Cave National Park Houchin Ferry     32     1975 Active
MO National Park Service Ozark National Scenic Riverways Akers Ferry     29 50   1985 Active
WA Bureau of Indian Affairs Inchelium-Gifford Columbian Princess Fisherman's Boat Shop 101 99 95   1981 Active

Ferries Owned by State Agencies
AL Alabama DoT Dauphin Island-Fort Morgan Fort Morgan Conrad Industries 494 99 140 149 1988 Active
AL Alabama DoT Camden-Gees Bend Gees Bend Ferry Bonner Shipyards   86 96   2004 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska Aurora Peterson Builders 9335 1,281 214 300 May-77 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Prince William Sound Chenega Derecktor CT 4200 870 219 260 Jan-05 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Inside Passage Columbia Lockheed SB 142 3,946 380 750 Jun-74 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska Fairweather Derecktor CT 4100 870 219 260 Mar-04 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Cross-Gulf Kennicott Halter Moss Point 1510 12,635 344 748 May-98 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska LeConte Peterson Builders 9175 1,328 214 300 Apr-74 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Ketchikan-Metlakatla Lituya Conrad Industries   97 165 150 Feb-04 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska Malaspina Lockheed SB 113 2,928 375 701 Jan-63 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska Matanuska Lockheed SB 114 3,029 375 745 Jun-63 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southeast Alaska Taku Lockheed SB 112 2,625 319 370 Mar-63 Active
AK Alaska DoT (AMHS) Southwest and Aleutians Tustumena Bay SB 418 4,600 270 192 1964 Active
CA California DoT (CalTrans) Ryer Island J-Mack Fulton SY 233 46 62   1969 Active
CA California DoT (CalTrans) Ryer Island The Real McCoy Stephens Marine   62 65   1945 Active
CT Connecticut DoT Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Cumberland (Towboat) Blount Marine 122 10 28 na 1955 Active
CT Connecticut DoT Rocky Hill-Glastonbury Hollister III (Barge) Blount Marine 123 29 64 20 1955 Active
CT Connecticut DoT Hadlyme-Chester Sedan III       65 49 1949 Active
DE Delaware DoT Seaford-Laurel Tina Fallon Chesapeake SB 84   64   Nov-08 Building
DE Delaware DoT Seaford-Laurel Virginia C RTC SB   35 64 40 1960 To be retired 2008
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Cape May-Lewes Cape Henlopen Norshipco 179 2,120 284 800 Jul-81 Active
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Cape May-Lewes Cape May Norshipco 183 2,165 284 917 Apr-85 For sale
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Delaware City Delafort Halter Crown Point 328 39 55 89 Apr-90 Active
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Cape May-Lewes Delaware Todd Houston 592 2,200 284 800 Apr-74 Active
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Cape May-Lewes New Jersey Todd Houston 593 2,200 284 800 Oct-74 Active
DE/NJ Delaware River & Bay Auth. Cape May-Lewes Twin Capes Todd Houston 594 2,500 284 1,000 Apr-75 Active
DE/PA Delaware River Port Auth. Camden-Philadelphia Freedom Blount Marine 240 80 92 600 1981 Active
GA Georgia DoNR Meridian-Sapelo Island Sapelo Queen   7 82 65 147 1978 Active
GA Georgia DoNR Meridian-Sapelo Island Annemarie Aqua Bay Marine 47 61 65 149 1993 Active
FL Florida State Parks DeLand-Hontoon Island Hontoon Island Ferry           1967 Active
IL Illinois DoT Brussels-Grafton Brussels II (Towboat)     22 48 na 1979 Active
IL Illinois DoT Brussels-Grafton Deerplain (Towboat)     16 50 na 1987 Active
IL Illinois DoT Kampsville IL Ferry Barge No. 9     75 84 63 1973 Active
IL Illinois DoT Brussels-Grafton Ferry Barge No. 10 Riverway SY 620 79 85 72 1978 Active
IL Illinois DoT Brussels-Grafton Ferry Barge No. 11 Riverway SY 626 82 85 72 1979 Active
IL Illinois DoT Kampsville IL Kampsville II (Towboat)     22 48 2 1978 Active
IL Illinois DoT Kampsville IL Miss Illinois (Towboat) Serodino 92 45 48 2 1998 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Acadia Halter Equitable 1723 624 143 232 1980 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Ascension Wall SY 39 535 155 131 1977 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Barge 305.041 Ingalls Decatur 541 81 81 60 1950 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA BJ Renaud Ortis Bros. 7 64 51 60 1967 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Calcasieu River Cameron No 11 Zigler SY 165 655 204 262 1964 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Capt. Neville Levy Jeffboat 2013 858 190 1,000 1977 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Col. Frank X. Armiger Settoon, Fred 184 268 88 400 1979 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Feliciana Calcasieu SB 21 281 97 160 1956 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Iberville Southern SB 735 223 97 160 1958 Active
LA Louisiana DoT New Roads-St. Francisville New Roads Halter Equitable 1687 656 143 191 1976 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Saint Charles Avondale MW 344 233 96 153 1951 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA Senator Alvin T. Stumpf Jeffboat 2014 858 190 1,000 1978 Active
LA Louisiana DoT New Roads-St. Francisville St. Francisville Halter Equitable   446 143 196 1967 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA St. John Halter Equitable 1688 446 143 236 1977 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA W. Prescott Foster Equitable SY 436 21 42 54 1947 Active
LA Louisiana DoT Baton Rouge LA W. F. Cooper Equitable SY 429 22 42 54 1946 Active
ME Maine DoT Rockland-Vinalhaven Captain Charles Philbrook Washburn & Doughty 42 288 127 221 1993 Active
ME Maine DoT Bass Harbor-Swans Island Captain Henry Lee Washburn & Doughty 41 288 127 221 1992 Active
ME Maine DoT Rockland-North Haven Captain Neal Burgess Washburn & Doughty 43 288 127 221 1993 Active
ME Maine DoT Rockland-Various Everett Libby     198 105 175 1967 Active
ME Maine DoT Rockland-Vinalhaven Governor Curtis New Bern Shipyard   303 123 221 1968 Active
ME Maine DoT Lincolnville-Isleboro Margaret Chase Smith Atlantic Marine 207 99 153 226 1987 Active
ME Maine DoT Rockland-Matinicus North Haven Wiley Mfg.   143 85 125 1959 Active
MT Montana DoT Missouri River at McClelland McClelland Ferry     27 50 6 2004 Active
MT Montana DoT Missouri River at Virgelle Virgelle Ferry     13 50 6 2004 Active
MT Montana DoT Missouri River at Carter Carter Ferry     13 50 6 2004 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Cape Point  Patti Shipyard 135 276 140 150 1989 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cedar Island-Ocracoke Carteret Halter Equitable 1140 687 208 300 1989 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cedar Island-Ocracoke Cedar Island Moss Point Marine 123 648 210 400 Dec-94 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Chicamacomico  Patti Shipyard 136 276 140 150 1989 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Croatoan Steiner Shipyard 426 403 168 300  Aug-03 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cherry Branch-Minnesott Floyd J. Lupton Moss Point Marine 161 374 168 300 Mar-99 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Southport-Fort Fisher Fort Fisher Moss Point Marine 162 374 168 300 May-99 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Frisco  Patti Shipyard 137 275 140 150 1990 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Bayview-Aurora Governor Daniel Russell Orange SB 265 469 173 254 Jan-92 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Ocracoke-Swan Quarter Governor Edward Hyde Halter Equitable 1695 574 150 300 1977 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Currituck-Knotts Ialand Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.   Offshore SB 31 323 154 150 1984 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Hatteras Steiner Shipyard 431 403 168 300 May-06 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cherry Branch-Minnesott Herbert C. Bonner  New Bern Shipyard 2016 199 112 150 1970 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Kinnakeet Houma Fabricators 92 280 140 150 1989 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cherry Branch-Minnesott Neuse  Steiner Shipyard 362 380 168 300  Apr-98 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Ocracoke Halter Lockport 1225 276 140 150 Nov-90 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cedar Island-Ocracoke Pamlico  New Bern Shipyard   735 210 300 1965 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cherry Branch-Minnesott Roanoke Steiner Shipyard 331  283 150 150  Feb-94 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Cedar Island-Ocracoke Silver Lake  New Bern Shipyard   736 210 300 1965 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Southport-Fort Fisher Southport  Steiner Shipyard 347 374 168 300 Nov-96 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke W. Stanford White Orange SB 355 286 168 300 2003 Active
NC North Carolina DoT Hatteras-Ocracoke Thomas A. Baum  Steiner Shipyard 333  283 150 150  Jun-95 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Amelia Nichols Bros. 92 87 72 150 Nov-89 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Atlantis Gulf Craft 420 66 94 300 1998 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Caribena VT Halter Marine 1954 65 90 300 May-04 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Cayo Norte Blount Marine 291 497 138 209 Jul-95 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Conquistadora Steiner Shipyard 321 215 101 316 Jan-93 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Covadonga Nichols Bros. 93 87 72 150 Dec-89 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Cristobal Colon Nichols Bros. 96 87 72 150 Jun-89 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Culebra II Breaux's Bay Craft 1696 203 126 585 1996 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Fajardo II Halter Lockport 1658 94 87 270 Oct-96 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra Isleno Blount Marine 315 528 95 150 Sep-04 Active
PR Puerto Rico Ports Auth. Fajardo-Vieques-Culebra