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The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.


Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
8 January   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Benjamin Stoddert Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
12 January   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine John Adams Lafayette-class submarine
12 January   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Nathan Hale Lafayette-class submarine
15 January   Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Oceanic Cruise ship For Home Lines
22 January Canada Canada Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver Queen of Esquimalt V-class ferry For BC Ferries [1]
25 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lossiebank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [2]
30 January   West Germany HDW Kiel U-6 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
February   United Kingdom N Holmans & Sons Penzance Primrose Tug First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years [3]
22 February   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Woodrow Wilson Lafayette-class submarine
26 February   United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Waddell Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
2 March   West Germany Rolandwerft GmbH Bremen Wilhelmshaven For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH [4]
15 March   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia James Madison James Madison-class submarine
16 March   United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guadalcanal Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
24 March   Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Raffaello Ocean liner For Italian Line
6 April   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Richmond K. Turner Leahy-class cruiser
7 April   Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Varyag Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
10 April   West Germany HDW Kiel U-7 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
24 April   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Jack Permit-class submarine
27 April   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Daniel Webster Lafayette-class submarine
27 April Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Annapolis Annapolis-class destroyer
4 May   West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Hessen Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
12 May   Netherlands Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Zaandam Marsdiep For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming [5]
23 May   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Galatea Leander-class frigate
6 June   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Euryalus Leander-class frigate
15 June   United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Mars Mars-class combat stores ship
15 June   East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Ivan Franko Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Black Sea Shipping Company [6]
15 June   Japan Ōi Isuzu-class destroyer escort
19 June   West Germany HDW Kiel U-8 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
21 June   Japan Kitakami Isuzu-class destroyer escort
22 June   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Flasher Permit-class submarine
21 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roybank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [7]
22 June   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Daniel Boone James Madison-class submarine
22 June   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia John C. Calhoun James Madison-class submarine
22 June   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Tecumseh James Madison-class submarine
7 July   United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-103 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. [8]
19 July   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Brooke Brooke-class frigate
20 July   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Belknap Belknap-class cruiser
3 August   United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York La Salle Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock
8 August   United Kingdom Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Fingal Lighthouse tender For Commissioners of Northern Lights. [9]
10 August   United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Sylvania Mars-class combat stores ship
19 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rimfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen. [10]
14 September   United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Sacramento Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
19 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Methane Progress LNG carrier For Methane Tanker Finance Co. [11]
26 September   United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Perth Perth-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 October   Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Amatsukaze Unique destroyer
10 October   United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-104 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. [8]
15 October   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Ramsey Brooke-class frigate
18 October   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Von Steuben James Madison-class submarine
29 October   Denmark Aalborg Værft A/S Aalborg Prinsesse Elisabeth Ferry For DSB Färjedivision [12]
29 October   Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki Ilmatar Ferry For Finland Steamship Company [13]
31 October   United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Garcia Garcia-class frigate
1 November   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Cambridge Ferry Train ferry For British Railways Board
2 November   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Ulysses S. Grant James Madison-class submarine
4 November   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Naiad Leander-class frigate
5 November   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Arethusa Leander-class frigate
17 October   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Carlton Bulk carrier For Chapman & Willan Ltd. [14] [15]
30 November   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Stonewall Jackson James Madison-class submarine
30 November   West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Kinn Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
2 December   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Josephus Daniels Belknap-class cruiser
3 December   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant Valiant-class submarine
3 December Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd Victoria Queen of Nanaimo Burnaby-class ferry For BC Ferries [16]
7 December   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Schofield Brooke-class frigate
17 December   Sweden Sölvesborg Varv Ab Sölvesborg Apollo Ferry For Rederi AB Slite
19 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fearless Fearless-class landing platform dock For Royal Navy.
20 December   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Sam Rayburn James Madison-class submarine
27 December   United Kingdom G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd. Renfrew Hopper Barge No.3 Hopper barge For Calcutta Port Commissioners. [17]
31 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Weybank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [18]
Date unknown   United Kingdom G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Vasabha Tug For Colombo Port Commission. [19]

References

  1. ^ "M/S Queen of Esquimalt". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Lossiebank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
  4. ^ "M/S Wilhelmshaven". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ^ "M/S Marsdiep". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  6. ^ "M/S Ivan Franko". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  7. ^ "Roybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1996, p. 184.
  9. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 138.
  10. ^ "Rimfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Methane Progress". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "M/S Prinsesse Elisabeth". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  13. ^ "M/S Ilmatar". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
  15. ^ "Carlton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ^ "M/S Queen of Nanaimo". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  17. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 353.
  18. ^ "Weybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
Sources
  • Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN  0-9533028-0-6.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996). "Iran". Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN  978-1557501325.
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN  1-85044-275-4.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.


Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
8 January   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Benjamin Stoddert Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
12 January   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine John Adams Lafayette-class submarine
12 January   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Nathan Hale Lafayette-class submarine
15 January   Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Oceanic Cruise ship For Home Lines
22 January Canada Canada Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver Queen of Esquimalt V-class ferry For BC Ferries [1]
25 January   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lossiebank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [2]
30 January   West Germany HDW Kiel U-6 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
February   United Kingdom N Holmans & Sons Penzance Primrose Tug First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years [3]
22 February   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Woodrow Wilson Lafayette-class submarine
26 February   United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Waddell Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
2 March   West Germany Rolandwerft GmbH Bremen Wilhelmshaven For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH [4]
15 March   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia James Madison James Madison-class submarine
16 March   United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guadalcanal Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
24 March   Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Raffaello Ocean liner For Italian Line
6 April   United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Richmond K. Turner Leahy-class cruiser
7 April   Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Varyag Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
10 April   West Germany HDW Kiel U-7 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
24 April   United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Jack Permit-class submarine
27 April   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Daniel Webster Lafayette-class submarine
27 April Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Annapolis Annapolis-class destroyer
4 May   West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Hessen Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
12 May   Netherlands Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Zaandam Marsdiep For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming [5]
23 May   United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Galatea Leander-class frigate
6 June   United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Euryalus Leander-class frigate
15 June   United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Mars Mars-class combat stores ship
15 June   East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Ivan Franko Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Black Sea Shipping Company [6]
15 June   Japan Ōi Isuzu-class destroyer escort
19 June   West Germany HDW Kiel U-8 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
21 June   Japan Kitakami Isuzu-class destroyer escort
22 June   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Flasher Permit-class submarine
21 June   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roybank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [7]
22 June   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Daniel Boone James Madison-class submarine
22 June   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia John C. Calhoun James Madison-class submarine
22 June   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Tecumseh James Madison-class submarine
7 July   United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-103 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. [8]
19 July   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Brooke Brooke-class frigate
20 July   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Belknap Belknap-class cruiser
3 August   United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York La Salle Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock
8 August   United Kingdom Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Fingal Lighthouse tender For Commissioners of Northern Lights. [9]
10 August   United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Sylvania Mars-class combat stores ship
19 August   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rimfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen. [10]
14 September   United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Sacramento Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
19 September   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Methane Progress LNG carrier For Methane Tanker Finance Co. [11]
26 September   United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Perth Perth-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 October   Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Amatsukaze Unique destroyer
10 October   United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-104 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy. [8]
15 October   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Ramsey Brooke-class frigate
18 October   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Von Steuben James Madison-class submarine
29 October   Denmark Aalborg Værft A/S Aalborg Prinsesse Elisabeth Ferry For DSB Färjedivision [12]
29 October   Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki Ilmatar Ferry For Finland Steamship Company [13]
31 October   United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Garcia Garcia-class frigate
1 November   United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Cambridge Ferry Train ferry For British Railways Board
2 November   United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Ulysses S. Grant James Madison-class submarine
4 November   United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Naiad Leander-class frigate
5 November   United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Arethusa Leander-class frigate
17 October   United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Carlton Bulk carrier For Chapman & Willan Ltd. [14] [15]
30 November   United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Stonewall Jackson James Madison-class submarine
30 November   West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Kinn Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
2 December   United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Josephus Daniels Belknap-class cruiser
3 December   United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant Valiant-class submarine
3 December Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd Victoria Queen of Nanaimo Burnaby-class ferry For BC Ferries [16]
7 December   United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Schofield Brooke-class frigate
17 December   Sweden Sölvesborg Varv Ab Sölvesborg Apollo Ferry For Rederi AB Slite
19 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fearless Fearless-class landing platform dock For Royal Navy.
20 December   United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Sam Rayburn James Madison-class submarine
27 December   United Kingdom G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd. Renfrew Hopper Barge No.3 Hopper barge For Calcutta Port Commissioners. [17]
31 December   United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Weybank Cargo ship For Bank Line. [18]
Date unknown   United Kingdom G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Vasabha Tug For Colombo Port Commission. [19]

References

  1. ^ "M/S Queen of Esquimalt". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Lossiebank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
  4. ^ "M/S Wilhelmshaven". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. ^ "M/S Marsdiep". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  6. ^ "M/S Ivan Franko". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  7. ^ "Roybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1996, p. 184.
  9. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 138.
  10. ^ "Rimfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Methane Progress". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ "M/S Prinsesse Elisabeth". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  13. ^ "M/S Ilmatar". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
  15. ^ "Carlton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  16. ^ "M/S Queen of Nanaimo". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  17. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 353.
  18. ^ "Weybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  19. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
Sources
  • Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN  0-9533028-0-6.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996). "Iran". Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN  978-1557501325.
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN  1-85044-275-4.

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