List of U.S. flagged cruise ships
List of current U.S. flagged cruise ships and river boats in the United States. Due to the Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886, these are the only overnight passenger ships currently eligible to sail solely between U.S. ports without the need for a foreign port stopover.
Current coastal and ocean-going ships
Current river boats
Ships eligible to sail under American flag
Passenger ships that are U.S. built, that once sailed under the American flag, and which would be eligible to return to that status:
Laid up
- United States (1952) - laid up in Mobile, Alabama
- Niagara Prince (1994) - Sold and has become the GUYANA GLORY https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:455461/mmsi:369022000/imo:8978629/vessel:GUYANA_GLORY
- Grande Caribe (1997) - laid up when Blount Small Ship Adventures ceased operations in 2020
- Grande Mariner (1998) - sold to NYC Water Cruises and converted to a dinner cruiser https://nycwatercruises.com/pages/grande-mariner
- American Eagle (2000) - moored at Chesapeake Shipbuilding as housing for shipyard contractors
Change of registry
- Safari Voyager (1982) - registry changed to St Kitts
- Ocean Voyager (2001) - registry changed to Bahamas
- Ocean Navigator(2004) - registry changed to Bahamas