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United States Maritime Administration

Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Founded: 1950
Employees: 754

Official website

Ships in this registry

Counted from individual vessel records · Wikidata

Reported fleet size

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No published figure available

Container capacity

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Not a ranked container line

Gross tonnage on record

36,815

Summed over 1 ships reporting tonnage

In brief

What United States Maritime Administration is

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The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation. MARAD administers financial programs to develop, promote, and operate the U.S. Maritime Service and the U.S. Merchant Marine. In addition, it conducts research and development activities in the maritime field; regulates the transfer of U.S. documented vessels to foreign registries; maintains equipment, shipyard facilities, and reserve fleets of Government-owned ships essential for national defense. MARAD also maintains the National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) as a ready source of ships for use during national emergencies and logistically supporting the military when needed. MARAD also manages the Ready Reserve Force (RFF) and operates the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point.

Corporate profile

Identity and registration

Legal name: —
Industry: —
Legal form: —
Country of registration: United States
Headquarters: Washington, D.C.
Formed in: —
Founded: 1950
Dissolved: —
Employees: 754
Head office coordinates: 38.8950, -77.0367

Ships on record here: 3
Vessel types operated: 2
Flag states used: 1
Average vessel age: 54.5 years
Oldest vessel on record: 1964
Newest vessel on record: 1979
Largest vessel by tonnage: 36,815
Average tonnage: 36,815
Market share: —
Parent company: United States Department of Transportation
Alliance: —
Record source: wikidata
Last refreshed: 2026-09-05

Fleet on record

What this company sails

Composition of the 3 vessels this registry attributes to United States Maritime Administration. Bars are true proportions of that set, not of the company's full fleet.

By vessel type

General cargo2

Passenger vessel1

By flag state

United States2

By shipbuilder

Odense Steel Shipyard2

Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard1

Delivery history

10-year fleet record

Ships delivered in each of the last 10 years, counted from the recorded build year of vessels attributed to this company, with the running total of its fleet on record. No deliveries fall inside this window — this company’s vessels on record were all built earlier.

Year	Gross tonnage added	Fleet on record
2017	—	2
2018	—	2
2019	—	2
2020	—	2
2021	—	2
2022	—	2
2023	—	2
2024	—	2
2025	—	2
2026	—	2

Vessel records

Ships on record

3 vessels

Ship	IMO	Type	Flag	Built	Gross tonnage	Deadweight	Length	Builder
MV Cpl. Louis J. Hauge Jr.	7702047	General cargo	United States	1979	36,815	—	230.3 m	Odense Steel Shipyard
MV Pfc. William B. Baugh	7702023	General cargo	—	—	—	—	—	Odense Steel Shipyard
TS Patriot State	5422409	Passenger vessel	United States	1964	—	—	166.1 m	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard

Ships in registry counts individual vessel records attributed to the company here. Reported fleet is the company’s published total. They measure different things and are shown separately on purpose.

In context

How United States Maritime Administration compares

Counts over companies and vessels actually held in this directory — not over the world fleet, which is larger. Nothing here is estimated.

With 3 vessels attributed to it here, United States Maritime Administration is the 262nd largest of the 965 operators in this directory that hold at least one ship on record, against a median of 2 across that group. That is a count of individually identified hulls, not the company’s published fleet size — the two are different measurements and both are shown above where available.

United States is the country of registration for 144 commercial operators in this directory, among which United States Maritime Administration ranks 25th by ships on record. Between them those companies hold 435 vessels here. 1 of them carry a published container-capacity ranking. See every operator registered in United States.

Founded in 1950, United States Maritime Administration is 76 years old. This directory holds 80 operators founded within five years either side of that date, whose median fleet on record is 1 ships. The median founding year across all commercial operators here is 1966, and the oldest on record dates to 1514.