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List of ship launches in 1961

The list of ship launches in 1961 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1961.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
17 January United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Transvaal Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
17 January Japan Isuzu Isuzu-class destroyer escort For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
31 January United States Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Gridley Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
1 February Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, British Columbia Saskatchewan Mackenzie-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
2 February United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Sam Houston Ethan Allen-class submarine For United States Navy
7 March Japan Mogami Isuzu-class destroyer escort For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
16 March United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Hampshire County-class destroyer For Royal Navy
26 March Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Groznyy Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
8 April Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Stuart River-class destroyer escort For Royal Australian Navy
8 April Australia Williamstown Naval Dockyard Melbourne, Victoria Derwent River-class destroyer escort For Royal Australian Navy
15 April United States Bethlehem Steel Quincy, Massachusetts Bainbridge Bainbridge-class cruiser For United States Navy
20 May United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Semmes Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
25 May Canada Canadian Vickers Montreal, Quebec Mackenzie Mackenzie-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
31 May France Dubigeon Nantes Minerve Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
15 June United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Thomas A. Edison Ethan Allen-class submarine For United States Navy
26 June Germany Lürssen Bremen-Vegesack Neckar Rhine-class tender For German Navy
28 June United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Leander Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
1 July United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Permit Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
1 July United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Leahy Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
2 July Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Galileo Galilei Ocean liner For Lloyd Triestino
15 July United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia John Marshall Ethan Allen-class submarine For United States Navy
27 July Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Yukon Mackenzie-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
29 July United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Berkeley Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
31 July Japan Hayashio Hayashio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
26 August United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Tattnall Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
28 August Japan Wakashio Hayashio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
17 September United States Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremerton, Washington Iwo Jima Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship For United States Navy
22 September France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Galatée Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
24 September Italy Guglielmo Marconi Ocean liner For Lloyd Triestino
27 September United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Kent County-class destroyer For Royal Navy
30 September France Arsenal de Brest Brest, France Jeanne d'Arc Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid For French Navy
21 October Germany HDW Kiel U 1 Type 201 submarine For German Navy
24 October Canada Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd Victoria City of Victoria V-class ferry For BC Ferries[1]
19 November Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Admiral Fokin Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
1 December Germany Deutsche Werft AG Hamburg-Finkenwerder Cap San Diego Cap-San-class bulk cargo For Hamburg Süd[2]
7 December United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend London County-class destroyer For Royal Navy
9 December United States Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Plunger Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
9 December United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Tinosa Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
9 December United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Harry E. Yarnell Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 December United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Joseph Strauss Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
10 December Canada Marine Industries Limited Sorel, Quebec Nipigon Annapolis-class destroyer For Royal Canadian Navy
15 December United States Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company Seattle, Washington Goldsborough Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
22 December United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Dido Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy

See also

Ship events in 1961
Ship launches: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Ship commissionings: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Ship decommissionings: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
Shipwrecks: 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966

References

  1. ^ "M/S Ciry of Victoria". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "DNV GL: Cap San Diego". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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