The list of ship launches in 1921 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1921.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco, California S-40 S-class submarine For United States Navy
11 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Leighton Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[1]
18 January  United States Northwest Bridge & Iron Company Portland, Oregon Swiftarrow Tanker For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co.[2]
5 February  United States Northwest Bridge & Iron Company Portland, Oregon Swiftstar Tanker For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co.[3]
7 February  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine S-11 S-class submarine For United States Navy
10 February  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Elizabeth Stoner Cargo ship For J. Stoner & Co., Southampton
10 February  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 29 (Ro-55) Type L2 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 February  Denmark Odense Steel Shipyard Odense, Denmark Leise Maersk Cargo ship For Maersk[4]
21 February  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation San Francisco, California S-41 S-class submarine For United States Navy
24 February  UKGBI Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow Doric Star Cargo liner For Blue Star Line.
24 February  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 34 (Ro-17) Kaichū III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
8 March  United Kingdom William Hamilton and Company Port Glasgow Malia Cargo ship For Brocklebank Line
9 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Windsor Castle Passenger ship For Union-Castle Line.[5]
10 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Losada Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company..[6]
10 March  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 31 (Ro-3) Type F2 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
12 March  United States Northwest Bridge & Iron Company Portland, Oregon Swiftscout Tanker For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co.[7]
22 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Colorado Colorado-class battleship For United States Navy
25 March  United States Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Company Bay Point, California Nashaba Cargo ship For United States Shipping Board[8]
25 March  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 35 (Ro-18) Kaichū III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
6 April  Germany J. C. Tecklenborg Geestemünde Mark Brandenburg Fishing trawler For Hochseefischerei Groß Berlin
9 April  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Laconia Ocean liner
9 April  United States Northwest Bridge & Iron Company Portland, Oregon Swifteagle Tanker For USSB/Swiftsure Oil Transport Co.[9]
14 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Francunion Oil barge For British Union Oil Co.[10]
22 April  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 27 (Ro-16) Kaichū III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 May  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 30 (Ro-56) Type L2 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 May  Belgium J Cockerill SA Hoboken Elisabethville Cargo liner For Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo
23 May  United States Todd Drydock and Construction Company Tacoma, Washington Cincinnati Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
9 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Inverurie Tanker For British Mexican Petroleum Company..[11]
16 June  Norway Naval Shipyard Horten Stegg Trygg-class torpedo boat For Royal Norwegian Navy
16 June  United States Moore Shipbuilding Company Oakland, California H. T. Harper Tanker For Standard Oil Company of California[12]
22 June  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 32 (Ro-4) Type F2 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
June  United States Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company San Pedro, California West Greylock Cargo ship For United States Shipping Board[12]
2 July  United States Moore Shipbuilding Company Oakland, California Tamiahua Tanker [12]
9 July  Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad Helsinki Suomen Poika[13] Cargo ship For Suomen Valtamerentakainen Kauppa Oy
9 July  United States Moore Shipbuilding Company Oakland, California Birkenhead Tanker For Vacuum Oil Company[12]
21 July  United Kingdom Abdela & Mitchell Ltd Queensferry Aurora Tanker For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company
28 July  United States Alameda Works Shipyard Alameda, California F. H. Hillman Tanker For Standard Oil Company of California[12]
30 July  United States Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company San Pedro, California West Prospect Cargo ship For United States Shipping Board[12]
4 August  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine S-12 S-class submarine For United States Navy
5 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lochkatrine Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.[14]
6 August  United States Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company Chickasaw, Alabama Knoxville City Cargo ship [12]
20 August  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia John D. Archbold Tanker [12]
1 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dinteldyk Cargo ship For Holland America Line.[15]
1 September  United Kingdom Bartram & Sons South Dock, Sunderland Ramsay[16] Cargo ship
1 September  Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Rendsburg Fishing trawler For N. Ebeling
1 September  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Washington Colorado-class battleship For United States Navy; Cancelled after signing of Washington Naval Treaty
3 September  Finland Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad Helsinki Suomen Neito[13] Cargo ship For Suomen Valtamerentakainen Kauppa Oy
7 September  United States Union Construction Company Oakland, California Mojave Coast Guard cutter [12]
10 September  United States Southwestern Shipbuilding Company San Pedro, California La Purisima Tanker For Union Oil Company[12]
12 September  United States Chickasaw Shipbuilding and Car Company Chickasaw, Alabama Chattanooga City Cargo ship [12]
14 September  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Empire Arrow Tanker For Standard Transportation Co Inc.
17 September  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Submarine No. 33 (Ro-5) Type F2 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
19 September  United States Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company San Pedro, California West Chopaka Cargo ship For United States Shipping Board[12]
22 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Sophocles Passenger ship For Aberdeen Line.
28 September  United Kingdom Barclay Curle Glasgow Madura Cargo liner British India Steam Navigation Company
29 September  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Richmond Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
4 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Linnell Cargo ship For Lamport & Holt.[17]
15 October  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Submarine No. 40 (Ro-22) Kaichū III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
18 October  Japan Sasebo Naval Arsenal Sasebo Submarine No. 45 (Ro-26) Kaichū IV-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
20 October  United States Portsmouth Navy Yard Kittery, Maine S-13 S-class submarine For United States Navy
25 October  Japan Yokosuka Naval Arsenal Yokosuka Submarine No. 41 (Ro-23) Kaichū III-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
29 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Decatur Clemson-class destroyer For United States Navy
29 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Perry Clemson-class destroyer For United States Navy
3 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Barrabool Passenger ship For Peninsular & Orient Steam Navigation Company.[18]
17 November  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia West Virginia Colorado-class battleship For United States Navy
28 November  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton Hauraki Cargo liner For Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited
29 November  Japan Kure Naval Arsenal Kure Submarine No. 44 (I-51) Kaidai I-type submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 December  Japan Mitsubishi Kobe Submarine No. 46 (Ro-57) Type L3 submarine For Imperial Japanese Navy
14 December  United States Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation Chester, Pennsylvania Missourian Cargo ship For American-Hawaiian Steamship Company
15 December  United States William Cramp & Sons Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Concord Omaha-class cruiser For United States Navy
Unknown date  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness Antonia Refrigerated cargo liner For Cunard Line.[19]
Unknown date  Germany Vulkan Werke. Hamburg Antonio Delfino Passenger ship For Hamburg South America Line.[20]
Unknown date  Italy Cantiere Officine Savoia Genoa Artena Cargo ship For private owner.[21]
Unknown date  Germany Hamburg-Elbe Schiffs. Hamburg Bianca Cargo ship For private owner.[22]
Unknown date Canada Canada Canadian Vickers Ltd Montreal Canadian Commander Cargo ship For private owner.[23]
Unknown date Canada Canada Harbour Marine Ltd. Victoria Canadian Traveller Cargo ship For private owner.[24]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Eltringham's Ltd Willington on Tyne Dalewood Cargo ship W France, Fenwick & Co Ltd
Unknown date  Italy Stabilimento Tecnino Triestino. Trieste Duchessa D'Aosta Cargo ship For lloyd Triestino.[22]
Unknown date  Germany Nobiskrug Werft GmbH Rendsburg Elbe Cargo ship For Bugsier Reederei & Bergungs AG
Unknown date  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Günther Russ Coaster For Schiffart-und Assekuranz Gesellschaft GmbH
Unknown date  Germany Vulkan Werft Hamburg Hagen Cargo ship For Hamburg America Line.[25]
Unknown date  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke AG Stettin Johannes C Russ Coaster For Schiffart-und Assekuranz Gesellschaft GmbH
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werft. Hamburg Julius Schindler Tanker For private owner.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Hawthorns & Co. Ltd. Leith London Passenger ship For Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co.[27]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Margarethe Schooner For Ernst Simon AG
Unknown date  Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg Wesermünde Marienfels Cargo ship For Hansa Line.[28]
Unknown date  Germany Deutsche Werke. Kiel Martha Hemsoth Cargo ship For private owner.[29]
Unknown date  Italy Cantiere Cerusa Voltri Mincio Cargo ship Pietro Ravano Fu Marco
Unknown date  Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Possehl Cargo ship Lübeck Line
Unknown date  United Kingdom Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd. Birkenhead Samaria Passenger ship For Cunard Line. [30]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Sandown Castle Cargo ship For Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd.[31]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Armstrong, Whitworth & Ci. Newcastle upon Tyne Vindeggen Cargo ship For private owner.[32]
Unknown date  Germany Joh. C. Tecklenborg. Wesermünde Wartenfels Cargo ship For Hansa Line.[33]
Unknown date  Germany Stettiner Oderwerke Stettin Wilhelm Russ Coaster Schiffart-und Assekuranz Gesellschaft GmbH

References

  1. ^ "Leighton". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. ^ "In West Coast Yards". Pacific Marine Review. February 1921. p. 112.
  3. ^ "West Coast Yard News". Pacific Marine Review. March 1921. p. 179.
  4. ^ "Leise Maersk (1167527)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Windsor Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Losada". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Pacific Yard News". Pacific Marine Review. April 1921. p. 247.
  8. ^ "Pacific Coast Shipbuilding". Pacific Marine Review. April 1921. p. 245.
  9. ^ "Pacific Construction". Pacific Marine Review. May 1921. p. 310.
  10. ^ "Francuion". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Inverurie". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Progress of Work". Pacific Marine Review. October 1921. p. 619.
  13. ^ a b "Toiminta jälkeen vuoden 1918.". Osakeyhtiö Hietalahden Sulkutelakka ja Konepaja — aikaisemmin Helsingfors Skeppsdocka [Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works Limited — formerly Helsinki Shipyard] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Osakeyhtiö Hietalahden Sulkutelakka ja Konepaja. 1935. pp. 90–104.
  14. ^ "Lochkatrine". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  15. ^ "Dinteldyk". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  16. ^ "Ramsay (1146146)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Linnell". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Barrabool". The Yard. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 123.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 461.
  21. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 439.
  22. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 443.
  23. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 437.
  24. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 442–43.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 441.
  26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
  27. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 86, 396.
  28. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 440.
  29. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 462.
  30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 41.
  31. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
  32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 465.
  33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 442.
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