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Federal Ship Financing Guarantees (Assistance Listing 20.802)
To finance eligible vessels and shipyards to promote the growth and modernization of the U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. shipyards. The Federal Ship Financing Program (commonly referred to as "Title XI" based on the part of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 that established the program) provides...
Loan guarantee (government-backed loan from a lender) Check the official page for current intake dates
- Funder
- Maritime Administration (listed as Transportation, Department Of / Maritime Administration)
Funder profile and all of its programs - Amount
- Projects range from less than $10 million to several hundred million. (Average is not entered, because it would not be typical of the breadth of the program.) Due to the nature of more recent applications and their...
- Where
- United States (federal)
- Eligibility
- Open to businesses, self-employed people, nonprofits and individuals. Federal assistance program (Loan Guarantee); individual funding notices set the dates.
- Sectors
- Fisheries and oceans, Nonprofits and charities
- Deadline
- Varies: check the official page for current dates
- Source
- SAM.gov Assistance Listings (20.802)
- Last checked
- 2 November 2026
- Funder contacts
- Public organizational contacts on file Unlock full profile / Sign up
This is a loan. It must be repaid.
From official open data: listed in the official SAM.gov Assistance Listings on 2026-11-02. The summary is from the official listing; the eligibility line is our plain-language reading of its eligibility codes. Confirm details on the official page.
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