The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 January |  United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Lester | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
| 20 January | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Alamo | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
| 4 February | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | John Willis | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
| 25 February | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Salmon | Sailfish-class submarine | |
| 24 March |  France | Brest Dockyards | Brest | Colbert | Anti-aircraft cruiser | |
| 28 March | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Davis | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
| 29 March | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Margaree | St. Laurent-class destroyer | |
| 12 April | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Manley | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
| 19 April |  Germany | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Ragnvald Jarl | passenger ship | For NFDS[1] |
| 25 April | United States | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company | Seattle, Washington | Bridget | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
| 3 May | United States | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Mauna Kea | Suribachi-class ammunition ship | |
| 9 May |  United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | RMS Empress of England | ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[2] |
| 10 May | United Kingdom | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow, Scotland | Palliser | Blackwood-class frigate | |
| 28 May | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Darter | Unique submarine | |
| 19 June |  Sweden | Götaverken | Gothenburg | 13 de Junio | Halland-class destroyer | For Colombian Navy |
| 19 June | West Germany | Norderwerft | Hamburg | Wandsbek | type I ferry | For HADAG |
| 12 July | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Hermitage | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
| 19 July | West Germany | Scheel & Jöhnk | Harburg | Jollenführer 1 | ferry type 00 | For HADAG[3] |
| 28 July | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Van Voorhis | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
| 7 August | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Jonas Ingram | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
| 10 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Monticello | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
| 13 August | West Germany | Ottensener Eisenwerke | Hamburg | Farmsen | type I ferry | For HADAG |
| 5 September | United States | Boston Naval Shipyard | Boston, Massachusetts | Suffolk County | De Soto County-class tank landing ship | |
| 8 September | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Du Pont | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
| 29 September | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Ranger | Forrestal-class aircraft carrier | |
| 12 October | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Grant County | De Soto County-class tank landing ship | |
| 27 October | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Vampire | Daring-class destroyer | |
| 1 November | Canada | Burrard Dry Dock | Vancouver, British Columbia | Columbia | Restigouche-class destroyer | |
| 20 November | United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Khukri | Blackwood-class frigate | For Indian Navy |
| 22 November | United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Sylvania | Saxonia-class ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
| 24 November | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Hartley | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
| 19 December | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Blandy | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
See also
| Ship events in 1956 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 |
References
- ^ "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe