The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 January |  United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Halibut | Unique nuclear-powered submarine | |
| 18 January |  Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Anita Thyssen | Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw | For Seereederei Frigga, Hamburg |
| 31 January | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Parramatta | River-class destroyer escort | |
| 11 February | Germany | Burmester shipyard | Bremen-Burg | Cuxhaven | Lindau-class minesweeper | For German Navy |
| 17 February | United States | Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Haleakala | Nitro-class ammunition ship | |
| 9 March |  United Kingdom | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Ashanti | Tribal-class frigate | |
| 19 March |  Sweden | Oskarshamns varv | Oskarshamn | Bore | Ferry | For Steamship Company Bore |
| 19 March | Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Essiflora | Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw | For Björn Ruud-Pedersen |
| 21 March | West Germany | Emden | Köln-class (Type 140) frigate | |||
| 26 March | Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Rüm Hart | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH<ref"M/S Rüm Hart". Retrieved 2017-10-08. |
| 6 April | United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding | Glasgow, Scotland | Lincoln | Salisbury-class frigate | |
| 22 April | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Henry B. Wilson | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
| 23 April | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Towers | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
| 16 May | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Blueback | Barbel-class submarine | |
| 23 May | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Preble | Farragut-class destroyer | |
| 25 May |  Japan | Oyashio | Oyashio-class submarine | |||
| 9 June | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | George Washington | George Washington-class submarine | |
| 18 June | Japan | Harusame | Murasame-class destroyer | |||
| 20 June |  France | Dubigeon | Nantes | Daphné | Daphné-class submarine | For French Navy |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie | Hebburn | Royston Grange | Refrigerated cargo liner | For Houlder Line |
| 23 June | United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Windsor Castle | Ocean liner | For Union-Castle Line |
| 24 June | Japan | Teruzuki | Akizuki-class destroyer | |||
| 26 June | Japan | Akizuki | Akizuki-class destroyer | |||
| 1 July | West Germany | Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim | Mannheim | L 830 | Type Mannheim 59 ferry | For Flusspioniere |
| 9 July | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Macdonough | Farragut-class destroyer | |
| 14 July | United States | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Long Beach | Long Beach-class cruiser | |
| 21 July | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Savannah | Nuclear-powered cargo ship | For United States Maritime Administration |
| 28 July | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Lynde McCormick | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
| 8 August | Japan | Takanami | Ayanami-class destroyer | |||
| 15 August | West Germany | Augsburg | Köln-class (Type 140) frigate | |||
| 17 August | United States | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Parsons | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
| 19 August |  New Zealand | J. Samuel White & Co. | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Taranaki | Modified Rothesay-class frigate | |
| 8 September | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Charles F. Adams | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
| 22 September | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Patrick Henry | George Washington-class submarine | |
| 3 October | United States | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Theodore Roosevelt | George Washington-class submarine | |
| 7 October | United States | San Francisco Naval Shipyard | San Francisco, California | Mahan | Farragut-class destroyer | |
| 24 October | West Germany | Karlsruhe | Köln-class (Type 140) frigate | |||
| 24 October | Sweden | Kockums | Malmö | Esso Brussels | Tanker | For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA |
| 3 November | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrong | Barrow-in-Furness | Oriana | Ocean liner | For Orient Line |
| 18 December | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Robert E. Lee | George Washington-class submarine | |
| 29 December | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Scorpion | Skipjack-class submarine | |
| Unknown Date | Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | Betty | Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw | For Christian F. Bonnevie |
| Unknown Date | West Germany | Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim | Mannheim | Harle Riff | Type Mannheim 59 ferry | For Flusspioniere |
See also
| Ship events in 1959 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 |