The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
9 January  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Halibut Unique nuclear-powered submarine
18 January  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Anita Thyssen Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Seereederei Frigga, Hamburg
22 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bankura Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[1]
27 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ashbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[2]
31 January  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Parramatta River-class destroyer escort
11 February  West Germany Burmester shipyard Bremen-Burg Cuxhaven Lindau-class minesweeper For German Navy
17 February  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Haleakala Nitro-class ammunition ship
26 February  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ulster Star Refrigerated cargo ship For Blue Star Line.[3]
9 March  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Ashanti Tribal-class frigate
19 March  Sweden Oskarshamns varv Oskarshamn Bore Ferry For Steamship Company Bore
19 March  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Essiflora Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Björn Ruud-Pedersen
21 March  West Germany Emden Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
26 March  West Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Rüm Hart ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4]
6 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow, Scotland Lincoln Salisbury-class frigate
9 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Somers Isle Cargo ship For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[5]
22 April  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Henry B. Wilson Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
23 April  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Cheshire Cargo ship For Bibby Line
23 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Towers Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
16 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Blueback Barbel-class submarine
21 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Eskfield Tanker For Hunting & Sons.[6]
22 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Power Tanker For British Tanker Company.[7]
23 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Preble Farragut-class destroyer
25 May  Japan Oyashio Oyashio-class submarine
5 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Pinebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[8]
9 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut George Washington George Washington-class submarine
18 June  Japan Harusame Murasame-class destroyer
20 June  France Dubigeon Nantes Daphné Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
23 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Royston Grange Refrigerated cargo liner For Houlder Line
23 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Windsor Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
24 June  Japan Teruzuki Akizuki-class destroyer
26 June  Japan Akizuki Akizuki-class destroyer
1 July  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim L 830 Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere
7 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Amazon Passenger ship For Royal Mail Line.[9]
8 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast York Coaster For Associated Humber Lines.[10]
9 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Macdonough Farragut-class destroyer
14 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Long Beach Long Beach-class cruiser
18 July  France Foch Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier First launching
21 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Savannah Nuclear-powered cargo ship For United States Maritime Administration
28 July  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lynde McCormick Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
8 August  Japan Takanami Ayanami-class destroyer
15 August  West Germany Stülcken & Sohn Hamburg Augsburg Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
17 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Parsons Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
19 August  New Zealand J. Samuel White & Co. Cowes, Isle of Wight Taranaki Modified Rothesay-class frigate
8 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Charles F. Adams Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
22 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Patrick Henry George Washington-class submarine
3 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Theodore Roosevelt George Washington-class submarine
7 October  United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Mahan Farragut-class destroyer
20 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Aragon Cargo liner For Royal Mail Lines.[11]
24 October  West Germany Karlsruhe Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
24 October  Sweden Kockums Malmö Esso Brussels Tanker For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA
3 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Mallard Tanker For British Tanker Company.[12]
3 November  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Oriana Ocean liner For Orient Line
15 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Berwick Rothesay-class frigate For Royal Navy.
18 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Robert E. Lee George Washington-class submarine
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Gull Tanker For British Tanker Company.[13]
29 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Elmbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[14]
29 December  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Scorpion Skipjack-class submarine
Unknown Date  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Betty Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Christian F. Bonnevie
Unknown Date  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim Harle Riff Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere

References

  1. ^ "Bankura". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Ashbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Ulster Star". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "M/S Rüm Hart". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "Somers Isle". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Eskfield". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "British Power". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Pinebank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Amazon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. ^ "York". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Aragon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "British Mallard". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. ^ "British Gull". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Elmbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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