List of ship launches in 1953

The list of ship launches in 1953 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1953. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Builder and location	Ship	Class and type	Operator	Notes
January 23	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States	LST-1162	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
January 29	Gustav Wolkau, Hamburg, West Germany	Waltershof	Type I ferry	HADAG
February 19	Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada	Fraser	St. Laurent-class destroyer	Royal Canadian Navy
April 11	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, Maine, United States	LST-1158	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
April 16	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland	Olympia	Ocean liner	Greek Line
April 18	Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States	LST-1167	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
April 29	Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Ottawa	St. Laurent-class destroyer	Royal Canadian Navy
May 14	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland	Arcadia	Ocean liner	P&O
May 15	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	Walworth County	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
May 17	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	LST-1163	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
June 25	Devonport Dockyard, Devonport, England	Salisbury	Salisbury-class frigate	Royal Navy	First in class[1]
July 1	Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim, Mannheim, West Germany	L 534	Type Mannheim 55 ferry	Flusspioniere Wiesbaden
July 2	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	LST-1159	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
July 14	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States	LST-1165	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
July 18	West Germany	Kehrwieder	ferry type 0	HADAG
July 21	Norderwerft, Hamburg, United States	Wettern	type I ferry	HADAG
July 30	Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	Saguenay	St. Laurent-class destroyer	Royal Canadian Navy
August 1	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States	Albacore	Unique research submarine	United States Navy
August 22	Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States	LST-1169	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
September 25	J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight	Dundas	Blackwood-class frigate	Royal Navy	[2]
October 3	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	LST-1160	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
October 23	Fairlie Yacht	Dittesham	Ham-class minesweeper	Royal Navy	[3]
November 8	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States	Dealey	Dealey-class destroyer escort	United States Navy	First in class
November 19	Hiltebrant Drydock Company, Kingston, New York, United States	AMS-127	Adjutant-class minesweeper	Royal Danish Navy	[4][5]
November 25	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland	Hardy	Blackwood-class frigate	Royal Navy	[2]
November 28	Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States	LST-1168	Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship	United States Navy
unknown date	Ansaldo Shipyards, Genoa, Italy	Cristoforo Colombo	Ocean liner	Italian Line
unknown date	Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Trieste, Italy	Lazio	Cargo ship	Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.

See also