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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_ship_launches_in_1956&oldid=1176209407"
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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.
Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=List_of_ship_launches_in_1956&oldid=1176209407"

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