The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.
| Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 January | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Benjamin Stoddert | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | ||
| 12 January | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | John Adams | Lafayette-class submarine | ||
| 12 January | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Nathan Hale | Lafayette-class submarine | ||
| 15 January | Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico | Monfalcone | Oceanic | Cruise ship | For Home Lines | |
| 22 January | Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | North Vancouver | Queen of Esquimals | V-class ferry | For BC Ferries[1] | |
| 30 January | HDW | Kiel | U 6 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy | |
| February | N Holmans & Sons | Penzance, Cornwall | Primrose | Tug | First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years[2] | |
| 22 February | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Woodrow Wilson | Lafayette-class submarine | ||
| 26 February | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Waddell | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | ||
| 2 March | Rolandwerft GmbH | Bremen | Wilhelmshaven | For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH[3] | ||
| 15 March | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | James Madison | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 16 March | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Guadalcanal | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | ||
| 24 March | Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico | Monfalcone | Raffaello | Ocean liner | For Italian Line | |
| 6 April | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Richmond K. Turner | Leahy-class cruiser | ||
| 7 April | A.A. Zhdanov | Leningrad | Varyag | Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser | For Soviet Navy | |
| 10 April | HDW | Kiel | U 7 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy | |
| 24 April | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Jack | Permit-class submarine | ||
| 27 April | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Daniel Webster | Lafayette-class submarine | ||
| 27 April | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Annapolis | Annapolis-class destroyer | ||
| 4 May | H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Hamburg | Hessen | Hamburg-class destroyer | For German Nany | |
| 12 May | Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij | Zaandam | Marsdiep | For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[4] | ||
| 23 May | Swan Hunter | Wallsend, England | Galatea | Leander-class frigate | ||
| 6 June | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering | Greenock, Scotland | Euryalus | Leander-class frigate | ||
| 15 June | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Mars | Mars-class combat stores ship | ||
| 15 June | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Ivan Franko | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company[5] | |
| 15 June | Ohi | Isuzu-class destroyer escort | ||||
| 19 June | HDW | Kiel | U 8 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy | |
| 21 June | Kitakami | Isuzu-class destroyer escort | ||||
| 22 June | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Flasher | Permit-class submarine | ||
| 22 June | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Daniel Boone | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 22 June | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | John C. Calhoun | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 22 June | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tecumseh | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 7 July | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | Orange, Texas | US PF 103 | Bayandor-class corvette | For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy[6] | |
| 19 July | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Brooke | Brooke-class frigate | ||
| 20 July | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Belknap | Belknap-class cruiser | ||
| 3 August | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | La Salle | Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock | ||
| 10 August | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Sylvania | Mars-class combat stores ship | ||
| 14 September | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Sacramento | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship | ||
| 26 September | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Perth | Perth-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy | |
| 5 October | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Amatsukaze | Amatsukaze-class destroyer | |||
| 10 October | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | Orange, Texas | US PF 104 | Bayandor-class corvette | For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy[6] | |
| 15 October | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Ramsey | Brooke-class frigate | ||
| 18 October | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Von Steuben | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 29 October | Aalborg Værft A/S | Aalborg | Prinsesse Elisabeth | ferry | For DSB Färjedivision[7] | |
| 29 October | Wärtsilä Oy Ab | Helsinki | Ilmatar | ferry | For Finland Steamship Company[8] | |
| 31 October | Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco, California | Garcia | Garcia-class frigate | ||
| 1 November | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn, Northumberland | Cambridge Ferry | Train ferry | For British Railways Board | |
| 2 November | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Ulysses S. Grant | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 4 November | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow, Scotland | Naiad | Leander-class frigate | ||
| 5 November | J. Samuel White | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Arethusa | Leander-class frigate | ||
| 30 November | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Stonewall Jackson | James Madison-class submarine | ||
| 30 November | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Kinn | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy# | |
| 2 December | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Josephus Daniels | Belknap-class cruiser | ||
| 3 December | Vickers-Armstrongs | Valiant | Valiant-class submarine | |||
| 3 December | Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd | Victoria | Queen of Nanaimo | 'Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries[9] | |
| 7 December | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Schofield | Brooke-class frigate | ||
| 17 December | Sölvesborg Varv Ab | Sölvesborg | Apollo | Ferry | For Rederi AB Slite | |
| 20 December | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Sam Rayburn | James Madison-class submarine |
References
- ^ "M/S Queen of Esquimalt". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- ^ "M/S Wilhelmshaven". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "M/S Marsdiep". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "M/S Ivan Franko". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ a b Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, p. 184, ISBN 978-1557501325
- ^ "M/S Prinsesse Elisabeth". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "M/S Ilmatar". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- ^ "M/S Queen of Nanaimo". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
See also
| Ship events in 1963 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |