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List of ship launches in 1962

The list of ship launches in 1962 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1962.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
15 January United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Halsey Leahy-class cruiser
16 January Canada Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver City of Vancouver V-class ferry For BC Ferries[1]
25 January Germany HDW Kiel U 2 Type 201 submarine For German Navy
27 January Germany Rheinwerft Walsum Walsum Hiev Crane vessel For German Navy
2 February Germany Hanseatiche Werft Hamburg Hansa Express Ferry Originally ordered by Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen as Viking II.
Contract sold to Finnlines due to bankruptcy of the shipyard.[2]
3 February Germany Braunschweig Köln-class (Type 140) frigate For German Navy
4 February Germany Adler Werft GmbH Bremen Julle For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[3]
6 February United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Richard E. Byrd Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
6 February Germany Kröger Werft Schacht-Audort Pidder Lyng ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4]
22 February United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Barb Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
24 February United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Thomas Jefferson Ethan Allen-class submarine For United States Navy
6 March United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California England Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
17 March United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Raleigh Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
17 March United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Pollack Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
31 March United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Bronstein Bronstein-class frigate For United States Navy
5 April United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness, England Mohawk Tribal-class frigate For Royal Navy
2 May Canada Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec Qu'Appelle Mackenzie-class destroyer For Canadian Navy
5 May Germany Rheinwerft Walsum Walsum Griep Crane vessel For German Navy
7 May Germany HDW Kiel U 3 Type 201 submarine For German Navy
8 May United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Lafayette Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
12 May United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Reeves Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
18 May United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Conyngham Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
2 June United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Worden Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 June United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana McCloy Bronstein-class frigate For United States Navy
19 June France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Eurydice Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
28 June United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Dale Leahy-class cruiser For United States Navy
3 July United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Zulu Tribal-class frigate For Royal Navy
18 July United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Cochrane Charles F. Adams-class destroyer For United States Navy
18 July Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Admiral Golovko Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
30 July Germany Adler Werft GmbH Bremen Kalle For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[5]
4 August United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia James Monroe Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
14 August Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Bayern Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
16 August United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Ajax Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
17 August United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England Penelope Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
18 August United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Alexander Hamilton Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
18 August United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Dace Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
18 August United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Haddo Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
25 August Germany HDW Kiel U 4 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
15 September United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Andrew Jackson Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
15 September United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Vancouver Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
16 September Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa Michelangelo Ocean liner For Italian Line
18 September Japan Natsushio Natsushio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
17 October Scotland Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock HMS Otus Oberon-class submarine For Royal Navy
20 November Germany HDW Kiel U 5 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
28 November United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Aurora Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
28 November Canada Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd Victoria Queen of Saanich V-class ferry For BC Ferries[6]
30 November United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Henry Clay Lafayette-class submarine For United States Navy
14 December Japan Fuyushio Natsushio-class submarine For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

References

  1. ^ "M/S City of Vancvouver". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Hansa Express (1962)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
  3. ^ "M/S Julle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. ^ "M/S Pidder Lyng". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "M/S Kalle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  6. ^ "M/S Queen of Saanich". Retrieved 2016-03-29.

See also

Ship events in 1962
Ship launches: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship commissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship decommissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Shipwrecks: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
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