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The list of ship launches in 1958 includes a chronological list of all
ships launched in 1958.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
4 January
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Edson
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
20 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Iron Age
|
Ore carrier
|
For Vallum Shipping Co.
[1]
|
1 February
|
West Germany
|
|
|
Seeadler
|
Seeadler-class fast attack craft
|
|
22 February
|
West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
|
Husum
|
Schleswig-Holstein'
|
ferry
|
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH
[2]
|
7 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Vestfonn
|
Tanker
|
For Sigval Bergsen.
[3]
|
20 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
New Mexico
|
Tanker
|
For
Texaco Oil Co.
[4]
|
15 April
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Growler
|
Grayback-class submarine
|
|
5 May
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
|
Seattle,
Washington
|
Turner Joy
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
15 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Tri-Ellis
|
Phosphate carrier
|
For British Phosphate Carriers.
[5]
|
19 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Wakefield
|
Coaster
|
For Associated Humber Lines.
[6]
|
23 May
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Morton
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
26 May
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Skipjack
|
Skipjack-class submarine
|
|
30 May
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Somers
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
6 June
|
United States
|
New York Navy Yard
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Independence
|
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
|
|
7 June
|
United States
|
Great Lakes Engineering Works
|
River Rouge, Michigan
|
Edmund Fitzgerald
|
Great Lakes freighter
|
|
18 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Trishul
|
Whitby-class
frigate
|
For
Indian Navy.
[7]
|
19 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Minchbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For
Bank Line.
[8]
|
23 June
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Rheinstahl
|
Nordseewerke
Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
|
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
|
25 June
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
|
Sparrows Point, Maryland
|
Nitro
|
Nitro-class ammunition ship
|
|
26 June
|
West Germany
|
Nobiskrug Shipyard
|
Rendsburg
|
Bleichen
|
Cargo ship
|
Museum ship in
Hamburg since 2007
|
2 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Carrigan Head
|
Cargo ship
|
For Ulster Steamship Co.
[9]
|
3 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Oakington
|
Ton-class
minesweeper
|
For
Royal Navy.
[10]
|
16 July
|
India
|
Hindustan Shipyard Limited
|
Visakhapatnam
|
DhruvaK
|
Mooring vessel
|
For
Indian Navy
|
18 July
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Farragut
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
19 July
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Barbel
|
Barbel-class submarine
|
|
29 July
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Arenberg
|
Nordseewerke
Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
|
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga
|
31 July
|
Japan
|
|
|
Murasame
|
Murasame-class destroyer
|
|
31 July
|
Japan
|
|
|
Yudachi
|
Murasame-class destroyer
|
|
13 August
|
Denmark
|
Frederikshavns Værft
|
Frederikshavn
|
Hans Hedtoft
|
Ocean liner
|
For Royal Greenland Trading Company
|
15 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
King Henry
|
Cargo ship
|
For
King Line.
[11]
|
16 August
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Seadragon
|
Skate-class submarine
|
|
19 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons
|
Glasgow,
Scotland
|
Kirpan
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For
Indian Navy
|
19 August
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Triton
|
Unique nuclear-powered
submarine
|
|
23 August
|
West Germany
|
Blohm + Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Gorch Fock
|
Gorch-Fock-class
Training ship
|
For
German Navy
|
14 September
|
Netherlands
|
Rotterdam Drydock Company
|
Rotterdam
|
Rotterdam
|
Ocean liner
|
For
Holland America Line
|
23 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bulimba
|
Cargo ship
|
For
British India Steam Navigation Company.
[12]
|
30 September
|
Australia
|
Williamstown Naval Dockyard
|
Williamstown, Victoria
|
Yarra
|
River-class destroyer escort
|
|
11 October
|
Netherlands
|
Verolme United Dockyards
|
Rotterdam
|
Presidente Juscelino
|
Fronape-class oil tanker
|
[13]
|
14 October
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes,
Isle of Wight
|
Kuthar
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For
Indian Navy
|
16 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Advice
|
Confiance-class tug
|
For
Royal Navy.
[14]
|
28 October
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Norfolk, Virginia
|
Torrey Canyon
|
Tanker
|
For
Barracuda Tanker Corporation
|
5 November
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
|
Sparrows Point, Maryland
|
Pyro
|
Nitro-class ammunition ship
|
|
8 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Dumbleton
|
Ton-class
minesweeper
|
For
Royal Navy.
[15]
|
8 November
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Otto Springorum
|
Bulk carrier
|
For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga
|
22 November
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Bonefish
|
Barbel-class submarine
|
|
27 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Statesman
|
Tanker
|
For
British Tanker Company.
[16]
|
30 November
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Dewey
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
2 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Leeds
|
Coaster
|
For Associated Humber Lines.
[17]
|
6 December
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
Coontz
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
6 December
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
King
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
7 December
|
Italy
|
Ansaldo Shipyards
|
Genoa
|
Leonardo da Vinci
|
Ocean liner
|
For
Italian Line
|
10 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Packington
|
Ton-class
minesweeper
|
For
Royal Navy.
|
11 December
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Luce
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
12 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Manchester Miller
|
Cargo ship
|
For Manchester Liners Ltd.
[18]
|
30 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Rosebank
|
Cargo ship
|
For
Bank Line.
[19]
|