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Subcategories. This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total. World War I merchant ships of the United States (1 C, 46 P) World War II merchant ships of the United States (1 C, 293 P) Vietnam War merchant ships of the United States (2 P)
A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft) inflatable dive ...
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
List of merchant navy capacity by country. List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state. The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the ...
Merchant ships of the Dutch East Indies (1 P) Merchant ships of the Netherlands (6 C, 69 P) Merchant ships of the Dutch Republic (1 C, 1 P) Merchant ships of New Zealand (5 C, 23 P) Merchant ships of Nicaragua (2 P) Merchant ships of North Korea (1 C, 5 P) Merchant ships of Norway (7 C, 125 P)
Algeria: List of Algerian ships. Canada: List of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. China: List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Egypt: List of ships of the Egyptian Navy. Finland: List of decommissioned ships of the Finnish Navy.
Category. : Merchant ships. Merchant ships include ships designed to carry commercial cargo, or those used in such capacity. This is a container category. Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merchant ships.
The 18th century. As British colonists before 1776, American merchant vessels had enjoyed the protection of the Royal Navy. Major ports in the Northeast began to specialize in merchant shipping. The main cargoes included tobacco, as well as rice, indigo and naval stores from the Southern colonies.