List of passenger ships built in the United States

As a result of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, only ships built and registered in the United States are permitted to sail solely between ports in the United States.

[3] The last large passenger liner to be completed in the United States was Moore-McCormack Lines' SS Argentina in 1958.

[4] The only US-built deep water passenger ships still in existence today are the SS United States (laid up), former converted cargo liner SS Medina (hotel ship), cargo/passenger liner NS Savannah (museum ship), and the partly US-built Pride of America (still in service).

Today, only small coastal and river passenger ships are still built in the U.S. and fly the American flag.

The primary yards that were building passenger ships in the 20th century include: 1958