The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
6 January  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Talbot Brooke-class frigate For United States Navy
21 January  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Sklinna Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
25 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Orcoma Tanker For Shell International Marine[1]
26 January  West Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Kronprins Carl Gustav Ferry For A/B Bonnierföretagen,[2]
4 February  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Stavanger Oslo-class frigate For Royal Norwegian Navy
5 February  United Kingdom Richard Dunston Ltd Hessle Sir Winston Churchill Sail training ship For Sail Training Association
8 February  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Argonaut Leander-class frigate For Royal Navy
12 February  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Juneau Austin-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
25 February  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Queenfish Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
25 February  West Germany Lübeck Orenstein & Koppel Westerwald Westerwald-class transport ship For German Navy
26 February  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Sturgeon Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
1 March  Netherlands Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek P. Smit Jr. Rotterdam Texelstroom For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[3]
3 March  Sweden Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Svea Ferry for Rederi AB Svea
9 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Regent Tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
24 March  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Skolpen Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
26 March  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Niagara Falls Mars-class combat stores ship For United States Navy
1 April  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Lyness Combat stores ship For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
4 April  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Richard L. Page Brooke-class frigate For United States Navy
7 April  West Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Nordfriesland Ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4]
15 April  West Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Flensburg Freiburg Lüneburg-class replenishment ship For German Navy
May  Norway Trondhjems Mekaniske Verksted Trondheim Baden[5] Coastal trading vessel For Fred Losen & Co.
3 May  West Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG Flensburg Glücksburg Lüneburg-class replenishment ship For German Navy
5 May  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Brisbane Perth-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 May  West Germany Orenstein & Koppel Lübeck Odenwald Westerwald-class transport ship For German Navy
6 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nairnbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[6]
7 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Cleveland Austin-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
14 May  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Samuel Gompers Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender For United States Navy
21 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Haddock Permit-class submarine For United States Navy
25 May  Italy Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. Genoa Winston Churchill Ferry for DFDS Seaways
10 June  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Stadt Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
22 June  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Ray Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
1 July  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Coronado Austin-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
5 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Donax Tanker For Shell International Marine.[7]
9 July  West Germany Lindenau Kiel Ammersee Walchensee-class tanker For German Navy
15 July  West Germany HDW Kiel U-2 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
21 July  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Will Rogers Benjamin Franklin-class submarine For United States Navy
22 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Julius A. Furer Brooke-class frigate For United States Navy
26 July  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California White Plains Mars-class combat stores ship For United States Navy
6 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Dubuque Austin-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
19 August  Denmark Aarhus Flydedok Aarhus Najaden Ferry For Danske Statsbaner.[8]
2 September  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Stord Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
15 September  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Resolution Resolution-class submarine For Royal Navy
16 September  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Puget Sound Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender For United States Navy
16 September  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Stromness Combat stores ship For Royal Fleet Auxiliary
17 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Pargo Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
29 September  Sweden Lindholmens Varv Gothenburg Patricia Ferry for Swedish Lloyd
7 October  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Stalwart Destroyer tender For Royal Australian Navy
13 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ulster Prince Ferry For Coast Lines.[9]
14 October  United States General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Sunfish Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
14 October  United States General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Whale Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
20 October  West Germany HDW Kiel U-9 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
22 October  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Shreveport Austin-class amphibious transport dock For United States Navy
22 October  West Germany Lindenau Kiel Tegernsee Walchensee-class tanker For German Navy
October  France Dubigeon Nantes Albacora Daphné-class submarine For Portuguese Navy
12 November  West Germany Lübecker Flender-Werke Lübeck Tor Hollandia Ferry For Tor Line
19 November  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Knox Knox-class frigate For United States Navy
24 November  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Blyth Rogate Cargo ship For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd.[10]
25 November  Japan Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru, Japan Asagumo Yamagumo-class destroyer For Japanese Navy
25 November  Canada Davie Shipbuilding Lauzon, Quebec Algocape Lake freighter For Canada Steamship Lines
29 November  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Greenock Otway Oberon-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy
16 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Lapon Sturgeon-class submarine For United States Navy
17 December  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Concord Mars-class combat stores ship For United States Navy
29 December  East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Shota Rustaveli Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Black Sea Shipping Company
Date unknown  United States Alice L. Moran Tug For Moran Group.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Orcoma". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "M/S Kronprins Carl Gustav". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  3. ^ "M/S Texelstroom". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. ^ "M/S Nordfriesland". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "M/S Baden". sjohistorie.no (in Norwegian).
  6. ^ "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ "M/S Najaden". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  9. ^ "Ulster Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 243.
  11. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 313.
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