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Table 2-1 U.S. Oceangoing Merchant Marine: as of June 30, 1975 (Self-propelled vessel 1,000 gross tons)

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 2-1
U.S. Oceangoing Merchant Marine: as of June 30, 1975
(Self-propelled vessel 1,000 gross tons)

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  Privately owned Government-owned Total
Ships Deadweight
tons (000)
Ships Deadweight
tons (000)
Ships Deadweight
tons (000)
Combination passenger/cargo 7 59 57 354 64 413
Freighters 162 2,190 210 2,176 377 4,366
Bulk carriers 19 543 0 0 19 543
Intermodal 148 2,807 4 47 152 2,854
Total U.S. flag 583 14,610 308 2,999 891 17,609

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Maritime Administration, June 1976.