The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lester Dealey-class destroyer escort
12 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duke of Argyll Ferry For British Railways.
17 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Confident Confiance-class tug For Royal Navy.[1]
20 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Alamo Thomaston-class dock landing ship
27 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maddiston Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[2]
31 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lappe Motor lighter For Shell Oil Co.[3]
4 February  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey John Willis Dealey-class destroyer escort
25 February  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Salmon Sailfish-class submarine
2 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Solfon Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[4]
24 March  France Brest Dockyards Brest Colbert Anti-aircraft cruiser
27 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rowanmore Cargo ship For Johnston Warren & Co.[5]
28 March  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Davis Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
29 March Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Margaree St. Laurent-class destroyer
12 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Manley Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
19 April  West Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Ragnvald Jarl Passenger ship For NFDS[6]
25 April  United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Bridget Dealey-class destroyer escort
26 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Harvella Tanker For Shell Oil Co.[7]
1 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Repton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[8]
3 May  United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Mauna Kea Suribachi-class ammunition ship
9 May  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Empress of England Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[9]
10 May  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Palliser Blackwood-class frigate
23 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Duck Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[10]
24 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maxton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[11]
28 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Darter Unique submarine
7 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ondo Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[12]
19 June  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg 7 de Agosto Halland-class destroyer For Colombian Navy
19 June  West Germany Norderwerft Hamburg Wandsbek Type I ferry For HADAG
21 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tuscany Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[13]
12 July  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Hermitage Thomaston-class dock landing ship
19 July  West Germany Scheel & Jöhnk Harburg Jollenführer 1 Ferry type 00 For HADAG[14][circular reference]
28 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Van Voorhis Dealey-class destroyer escort
7 August  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Jonas Ingram Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
7 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Missouri Tanker For Texaco Oil Co.[15]
10 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Monticello Thomaston-class dock landing ship
13 August  West Germany Ottensener Eisenwerke Hamburg Farmsen Type I ferry For HADAG
21 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Scottish Coast Ferry For Coast Lines.[16]
5 September  United States Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, Massachusetts Suffolk County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
8 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Du Pont Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
29 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Ranger Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
12 October  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Grant County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
22 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nurton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[17]
27 October  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Vampire Daring-class destroyer
1 November Canada Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Columbia Restigouche-class destroyer
1 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Albany Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[18]
20 November  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Khukri Blackwood-class frigate For Indian Navy
20 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Storfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[19]
21 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Launceston Refrigerated cargo ship For Port Line.[20]
22 November  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Sylvania Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line
24 November  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Hartley Dealey-class destroyer escort
29 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Drake Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[21]
19 December  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Blandy Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
21 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cloverbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[22]

References

  1. ^ "HMS Confident". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "HMS Maddiston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Lappe". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Solfon". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Rowanmore". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  7. ^ "Harvella". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. ^ "HMS Repton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  10. ^ "Flying Duck". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. ^ "HMS Maxton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Ondo". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Tuscany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  14. ^ de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
  15. ^ "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Scottish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. ^ "HMS Nurton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Albany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Storfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Port Launceston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  21. ^ "Flying Drake". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Cloverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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