§ Statement showing the gross tonnage of sailing and steam vessels of 50 tons gross and over belonging to the United States in each of the undermentioned years, so far as the information is available:—
| Date. | Vessels of 50 tons gross and over (excluding canal boats and barges). | ||
| Sailing. | Steam. | Total. | |
| Gross | Gross | Gross | |
| 30th June, | Tonnage. | Tonnage. | Tonnage. |
| 1870 | |||
| 1875 | Particulars not stated in the original returns. | ||
| 1880 | |||
| 1885 | |||
| 1890 | 1,942,422 | 1,801,282 | 3,743,704 |
| 1895 | 1,802,203 | 2,149,200 | 3,951,403 |
| 1900 | 1,742,063 | 2,590,670 | 4,332,733 |
| 1905 | 1,833,444 | 3,655,460 | 5,488,904 |
| 1908 | 1,651,893 | 4,603,966 | 6,255,859 |
| 1909 | 1,608,093 | 4,634,380 | 6,242,473 |
| Note.—The particulars given relate to vessels. "registered" for oversea (foreign) trade, and to vessels "enrolled" and "licensed" for coasting, river and lake trades. | |||
| Information as to the net tonnage of the United States mercantile marine is not available. |