The list of ship launches in 1957 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1957.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
2 February  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Bigelow Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
14 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Afghanistan Ore carrier For Commons Bros. Ltd.[1]
14 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Blackpool Whitby-class frigate For Royal Navy.
15 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Crestbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[2]
16 February  West Germany Burmester shipyard Bremen Lindau Lindau-class minehunter For German Navy
28 February  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana De Soto County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
5 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia York County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
9 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Joseph K. Taussig Dealey-class destroyer escort
14 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Esso Glasgow T2 tanker New midsection, for Esso Petroleum Co.[3]
15 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King Charles Cargo ship For King Line.[4]
18 March  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Mullinnix Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
31 March  Italy Ansaldo Shipyards Italy Frederico C Ocean liner For Costa Line
16 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Vitrinia Tanker For Shell Oil Co.[5]
30 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Picardy Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[6]
16 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Skate Skate-class submarine
29 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Thessaly Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[7]
30 MAy  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Carronbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[8]
30 May  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton, England Duncan Blackwood-class frigate
3 June Canada Canada Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec Gatineau Restigouche-class destroyer
7 June  United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Bauer Dealey-class destroyer escort
22 June  United States American Shipbuilding Lorain, Ohio Lorain County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
1 July  Japan Ayanami Ayanami-class destroyer
2 July  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Grayback Grayback-class submarine
1 August  United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Hooper Dealey-class destroyer escort
9 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Loch Loyal Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[9]
10 August  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Hull Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
27 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast King George Cargo ship For King Line.[10]
27 August  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Swordfish Skate-class submarine
28 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Dartbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[11]
28 August  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News Santa Rosa Santa-Rosa-class cargo liner For Grace Line[12]
29 August  Japan Uranami Ayanami-class destroyer
9 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Graham County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
10 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Accord Confiance-class tug For Royal Navy.[13]
25 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Honour Tanker For British Tanker Company.[14]
25 September  Japan Shikinami Ayanami-class destroyer
27 September  United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Richard S. Edwards Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
30 September  Japan Isonami Ayanami-class destroyer
8 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Alaric Cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[15]
10 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Sargo Skate-class submarine
25 October  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Barrow-in-Furness Narwhal Porpoise-class submarine [16]
13 November Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Chaudière Restigouche-class destroyer
17 November Canada Canada Marine Industries Limited Sorel, Quebec St. Croix Restigouche-class destroyer
22 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Invercargill Refrigerated cargo ship For Port Line.[17]
11 December  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Scotland Cachalot Porpoise-class submarine
11 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Dipper Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[18]
14 December  United States American Shipbuilding Lorain, Ohio Wood County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
21 December  France Arsenal de Brest Brest, France Clemenceau Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier
24 December  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast Pendennis Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line.
27 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Garrybank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Afghanistan". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Crestbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Esso Glasgow". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "King Charles". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Vitrinia". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Picardy". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Thessaly". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Carronbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Loch Loyal". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  10. ^ "King George". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Carronbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ^ "T/S Santa Rosa". Retrieved 2017-04-02.
  13. ^ "HMS Accord". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. ^ "British Honour". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Alaric". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. ^ The Times (London), Thursday, 17 October 1957, p.5
  17. ^ "Port Invercargill". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Flying Dipper". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Garrybank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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