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Alphabetical List of Ship Registers, District of Barnstable, Massachusetts, 1814-1913
American Bureau of ShippingAmerican Bureau of Shipping, American Lloyds
The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920 by American Clipper Ships, 1833-1858 by American Documented Merchant Vessels of 500 Gross Tons Over ... United States by American Lloyd's Universal Register of ShippingCode List of Merchant Vessels of the United States by Directory of River Packets in the Mobile-Alabama--Warrior-Tombigbee Trades, 1818-1932 by Directory of Tennessee River Steamboats (1821-1928) by Directory Relating to Record of Arrival of Passenger Steamships at the Ports of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore, 1904 to 1926 InclusiveEarly American Ships by The Fleet Histories Series by Great Lakes Red BookGreen's Great Lakes and Seaway DirectoryGreenwood's and Dills' Lake BoatsGreyhounds of the Sea; The Story of the American Clipper Ship by Inland Lloyds Vessel Register; A Classification of American and Foreign Hulls Navigating the Great Lakes and TributariesJohnson's Marine Manual; a Directory of American-owned Commercial Craft with Information for Owners and OperatorsList of Vessels in the Port of San Francisco, with Tonnages, Eates of Dockage and Lengths. by Lloyd's Steamboat Directory, and Disasters on the Western Waters by Merchant Sail by Merchant Steam Vessels of the United States, 1790-1868 : "The Lytle-Holdcamper list," initially compiled from official merchant marine documents of the United States and other sources by Merchant Vessels of the United States by Merchant Vessels of the United States... by Namesakes, 1920-1929 by Namesakes, 1930-1955 by Namesakes, 1956-1980 by Namesakes II; a factual photostory of former vessels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River during the period 1940-1972. Commercial freight and passenger ships and barges are described fully and shown in fine photographs telling the "why," the meaning by Namesakes of the '90's : the factual story with photographs of currently existing commercial freight, passenger and carferry vessels in the Great Lakes fleet telling the "why" and the meaning of each vessel's name with 350 ship names : cross-referenced by Namesakes of the Lakes, 1900-1909 by Namesakes of the Lakes, 1910-1919 by Namesakes of the Lakes; a factual story with photographs of every currently existing commercial freight vessel and carferry in the Great Lakes fleet telling the "why" and the meaning of each vessel's name by New namesakes of the Lakes : a factual story with photographs of every currently existing commercial freight vessel and carferry in the Great Lakes fleet telling the "why" and the meaning of each vessel's name by The New York Forwarder: Devoted to the Development, Progress and support of the port of New YorkThe New York Maritime RegisterOriginal American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign ShippingShip Registers and Enrollment of Newport, Rhode Island, 1790-1939Ship Registers and Enrollments, Ship Licenses Issued to Vessels Under Twenty Tons, Ship Licenses on Enrollments Issued out of the Port of Bristol-Warren, Rhode Island, 1773-1939Ship Registers and Enrollments of Machias, Maine, 1780-1930Ship Registers and Enrollments of Providence, Rhode Island, 1773-1939Ship Registers and Enrollments of Saco, Maine, 1791-1915Ship Registers of Dighton-Fall River, Massachusetts, 1789-1938Ship Registers of New Bedford, MassachusettsShip Registers of Port of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaShip Registers of the District of Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1789-1875Ship Registers of the District of Plymouth, Massachusetts, 1789-1908
Shipwrecks in the Americas by Signal Letters of the United States Merchant MarineTransportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Coasts, 1940- by Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes SystemTransportation Lines on the Mississippi River System and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway by Waterborne Transportation Lines of the United States by Wooden Steamers on the Great Lakes by 
Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1994 by 
