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The list of ship launches in 1955 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1955.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
3 January
|
United States
|
Higgins Industries
|
New Orleans, Louisiana
|
Pinnacle
|
Aggressive-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
11 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Riplingham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[1]
|
12 January
|
United Kingdom
|
M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd.
|
Bideford
|
Stedham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[2]
|
26 January
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Southampton, England
|
Hickleton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy
|
1 February
|
West Germany
|
Blohm & Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Wappen von Hamburg
|
Seebäderschiff
|
For HADAG
|
5 February
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Forrest Sherman
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy, first in class
|
22 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Murray
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
25 February
|
Denmark
|
Helsingør Skipsværft og Maskinbyggeri A/S+
|
Helsingør
|
Helsingør
|
Ferry
|
For DSB[3]
|
2 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Leverton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.
|
10 March
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Truckee
|
Neosho-class oiler
|
For United States Navy
|
10 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Port Melbourne
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Port Line.[4][5]
|
24 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Foylebank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[6]
|
21 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Chichester
|
Salisbury-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
21 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Newport
|
Manicougan
|
Bulk Carrier
|
For Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co. Ltd.[7]
|
21 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Triaster
|
Cargo ship
|
For British Phosphate Carriers.[8]
|
23 April
|
United States
|
J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding
|
Tacoma, Washington
|
Persistent
|
Aggressive-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
24 April
|
Soviet Union
|
|
Severodvinsk
|
Murmansk
|
Sverdlov-class cruiser
|
For Soviet Navy
|
26 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ulster Premier
|
Coaster
|
For Belfast Steamship Co.[9]
|
5 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Vibex
|
Tanker
|
For Shell Oil Co.[10]
|
7 May
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
John Paul Jones
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
23 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kildarton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[11]
|
7 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Reina del Mar
|
Passenger ship
|
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.
|
11 June
|
West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
|
Husum
|
Uthlande
|
Ferry
|
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[12]
|
15 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Pioner
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[13]
|
21 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Talinga
|
Bulk carrier
|
For Australian Government.[14]
|
21 June
|
Canada
|
Victoria Machinery Depot
|
Victoria, British Columbia
|
Terra Nova
|
Restigouche-class destroyer
|
For Royal Canadian Navy
|
22 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding
|
Govan
|
Empress of Britain
|
Ocean liner
|
For Canadian Pacific Steamship
|
23 June
|
United States
|
Frank L. Sample Shipyard
|
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
|
Acme
|
Acme-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
5 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Escalante
|
Cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[15]
|
5 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Laganbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[16]
|
6 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Harpula
|
Tanker
|
For Shell Oil Co.[17]
|
14 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Shipham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[18]
|
20 July
|
United States
|
J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding
|
Tacoma, Washington
|
Pledge
|
Aggressive-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
21 July
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Seawolf
|
Unique nuclear-powered submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
4 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Dolius
|
Cargo ship
|
For Blue Funnel Line.[19]
|
4 August
|
Japan
|
|
|
Inazuma
|
Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort
|
For Japanese Navy
|
18 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Fleetlands Shipyard
|
Portsmouth, England
|
Santon
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy
|
20 August
|
United States
|
Frank L. Sample Shipyard
|
Boothbay Harbor, Maine
|
Adroit
|
Acme-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
20 August
|
Japan
|
|
|
Yukikaze
|
Harukaze-class destroyer
|
For Japanese Navy
|
26 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Cowrie
|
Hopper ship
|
For Queensland Government.[20]
|
31 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Lullington
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[21]
|
6 September
|
Japan
|
|
|
Ikazuchi
|
Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort
|
For Japanese Navy, first in class
|
8 September
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Sailfish
|
Sailfish-class submarine
|
For United States Navy, first in class
|
14 September
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Evans
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
For United States Navy
|
17 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Pulonga
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[22]
|
20 September
|
Japan
|
|
|
Harukaze
|
Harukaze-class destroyer
|
For Japanese Navy, first in class
|
1 October
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Barry
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
3 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Doigs Shipyard
|
Grimsby, England
|
Belton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy
|
4 October
|
United Kingdom
|
John I. Thornycroft & Company
|
Southampton, England
|
Blackwood
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy, first in class
|
8 October
|
United States
|
New York Navy Yard
|
Brooklyn, New York
|
Saratoga
|
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
|
For United States Navy
|
13 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Rendlesham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[23]
|
18 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Malcolm
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
19 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Eden
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[24]
|
20 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Muskun
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[25]
|
24 October
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown and Company
|
Clydebank, Scotland
|
Essex Ferry
|
Train ferry
|
For British Transport Commission
|
26 October
|
West Germany
|
Blohm & Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Nordstjernen
|
Passenger ship
|
For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
|
30 October
|
Japan
|
|
|
Akebono
|
Unique destroyer escort
|
For Japanese Navy
|
2 November
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Courtney
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
For United States Navy
|
2 November
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel
|
Sparrows Point, Maryland
|
Suribachi
|
Suribachi-class ammunition ship
|
For United States Navy, first in class
|
10 November
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Spiegel Grove
|
Thomaston-class dock landing ship
|
For United States Navy
|
15 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Confiance
|
Confiance-class tug
|
For Royal Navy.[26]
|
16 November
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
Exmouth
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
16 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Southern Prince
|
Cargo ship
|
For Prince Line.[27]
|
17 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Elin Knudsen
|
Tanker
|
For Knut Knudsen A/S.[28]
|
30 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie and Company
|
Hebburn, England
|
Llandaff
|
Salisbury-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
1 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Duke of Lancaster
|
Ferry
|
For British Railways.
|
1 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Karasj
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[29]
|
3 December
|
United States
|
Broward Marine
|
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
|
Stalwart
|
Aggressive-class minesweeper
|
For United States Navy
|
14 December
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank, Scotland
|
Carinthia
|
Saxonia-class ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line
|
15 December
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Decatur
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
15 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Oti
|
Cargo ship
|
For Elder Dempster.[30]
|
16 December
|
United Kingdom
|
M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd.
|
Bideford
|
Abbotsham
|
Ham-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[31]
|
31 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Oronj
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[32]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Coro
|
Tug
|
For Shell Tankers Ltd.[33]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Aldous Successors Ltd.
|
Brightlingsea
|
Challenger
|
Survey ship
|
For Nigerian Navy.[34]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Hop
|
Hopper barge
|
For Poole Harbour Commissioners.[35]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Newport
|
Lachinedoc
|
Bulk carrier
|
For N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd.[36]
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
S.H.M.2.
|
Hopper barge
|
For Shoreham Harbour Board.[37]
|
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