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The list of ship launches in 1964 includes a chronological list of all
ships launched in 1964.
| Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class
|
Notes
|
| 9 January
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Hobart
|
Perth-class destroyer
|
For
Royal Australian Navy
|
| 14 January
|
West Germany
|
Nobiskrug
|
Rendsburg
|
Prins Bertil
|
ferry
|
For
Lion Ferry
[1]
|
| 17 January
|
Norway
|
Karljohansvern
|
Horten
|
Oslo
|
Oslo-class frigate
|
|
| 27 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Hazelbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For
Bank Line.
[2]
|
| 1 February
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Casimir Pulaski
|
James Madison-class submarine
|
|
| 15 February
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Edward McDonnell
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 20 February
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
KNM Kya
|
Kobben-class submarine
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| 27 February
|
United Kingdom
|
William Denny and Brothers / Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd.
|
Dumbarton /
Linthouse
|
Melbrook
|
Cargo ship
|
For J. A. Billmeir Ltd.
|
| 25 March
|
United Kingdom
|
HMNB Devonport
|
Devonport
|
Cleopatra
|
Leander-class frigate
|
|
| 26 March
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel
|
San Francisco,
California
|
Bradley
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 4 April
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Greenling
|
Permit-class submarine
|
|
| 4 April
|
West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
|
Husum
|
Klaar Kiming
|
ferry
|
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH
[4]
|
| 26 April
|
East Germany
|
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft
|
Wismar
|
Alexander Pushkin
|
Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
|
For
Baltic Shipping Company
|
| 28 April
|
United States
|
Lockheed Shipbuilding
|
Seattle,
Washington
|
Sample
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 25 April
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
KNM Kobben
|
Kobben-class submarine
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| 26 April
|
East Germany
|
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft
|
Wismar
|
Aleksandr Pushkin
|
Ivan Franko-class passenger ship
|
For
Baltic Shipping Company
[5]
|
| 30 April
|
Japan
|
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
|
|
Ōshio
|
Ōshio-class submarine
|
|
| 11 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
|
Troon
|
Bowbelle
|
Suction dredger
|
For F Bowles & Sons Ltd
|
| 11 May
|
France
|
Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales
|
Cherbourg
|
Junon
|
Daphné-class
submarine
|
For
French Navy
|
| 12 May
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Nathanael Greene
|
James Madison-class submarine
|
|
| 12 May
|
Canada
|
Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd.
|
Victoria
|
Queen of New Westminster
|
'Burnaby-class ferry
|
For
BC Ferries
[6]
|
| 14 May
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Gato
|
Permit-class submarine
|
|
| 21 May
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
America
|
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
|
|
| 6 June
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Brumby
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 25 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Irisbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For
Bank Line.
[7]
|
| 27 June
|
United States
|
New York Naval Shipyard
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Austin
|
Austin-class amphibious transport dock
|
|
| 27 June
|
United States
|
New York Naval Shipyard
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Ogden
|
Austin-class amphibious transport dock
|
|
| 30 June
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
Jouett
|
Belknap-class cruiser
|
|
| 30 June
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
Sterett
|
Belknap-class cruiser
|
|
| 30 June
|
Canada
|
Victoria Machinery Depot
|
Victoria, British Columbia
|
Queen of Nanaimo
|
Burnaby-class ferry
|
For
BC Ferries
|
| 9 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Newcastle Upon Tyne
|
Glamorgan
|
County-class destroyer
|
|
| 9 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield SB&E Co.
|
Glasgow
|
Fife
|
County-class destroyer
|
|
| 16 July
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
KNM Kunna
|
Kobben-class submarine
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| 6 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Texaco Maracaibo
|
Tanker
|
For
Texaco (Panama) Inc.
[8]
|
| 22 August
|
United States
|
Philadelphia Navy Yard
|
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
|
Guam
|
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
|
|
| 22 August
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Simon Bolivar
|
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
|
|
| 4 September
|
Norway
|
Karljohansvern
|
Horten
|
Trondheim
|
Oslo-class frigate
|
|
| 22 September
|
United Kingdom
|
HMNB Portsmouth
|
Portsmouth
|
Sirius
|
Leander-class frigate
|
|
| 23 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Vine
|
Tanker
|
For
British Tanker Company.
[9]
|
| 24 September
|
France
|
Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales
|
Cherbourg
|
Vénus
|
Daphné-class
submarine
|
For
French Navy
|
| 2 October
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Davidson
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 10 October
|
United States
|
Sun Shipbuilding
|
Chester, Pennsylvania
|
Shenandoah
|
oiler
|
|
| 16 October
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
KNM Kaura
|
Kobben-class submarine
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| 30 October
|
United States
|
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
|
San Francisco, California
|
Horne
|
Belknap-class cruiser
|
|
| 21 November
|
United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
San Pedro, California
|
Fox
|
Belknap-class cruiser
|
|
| 21 November
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Lewis and Clark
|
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
|
|
| 1 December
|
Finland
|
Wärtsilä
Hietalahti shipyard
|
Helsinki, Finland
|
Finnhansa
|
ferry
|
for
Finnlines
|
| 5 December
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Benjamin Franklin
|
Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
|
|
| 19 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Newcastle
|
Minerva
|
Leander-class frigate
|
|
| 19 December
|
United States
|
Lockheed Shipbuilding
|
Seattle,
Washington
|
Albert David
|
Garcia-class frigate
|
|
| 19 December
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
William H. Standley
|
Belknap-class cruiser
|
|
| 19 December
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Truxtun
|
Truxtun-class cruiser
|
|
| 19 December
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
KNM Ula
|
Kobben-class submarine
|
For
Royal Norwegian Navy
|
| Date uncertain
|
West Germany
|
Howaldtswerke
|
Kiel
|
Otto Hahn
|
Nuclear-powered
cargo ship
|
|
- Sources
- 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.
