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List of ship launches in 1958

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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
7 January  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Caxton Cargo ship For Transatlantic Carriers Ltd.[1]
8 January  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Pinar Del Rio Cargo ship For Baco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[2]
20 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Iron Age Ore carrier For Vallum Shipping Co.[3]
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[4]
22 February  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Pelamida Fishing trawler For private owner.[5]
7 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Vestfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[6]
20 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast New Mexico Tanker For Texaco Oil Co.[7]
9 April  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Adler Fishing trawler For private owner.[8]
9 April  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Seskar Fishing trawler For private owner.[9]
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.[10]
19 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Wakefield Coaster For Associated Humber Lines.[11]
23 May  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Ase Creek Tug For Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria.[12]
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.[13]
19 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Minchbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[14]
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.[15]
3 July  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Oakington Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[16]
14 July  United Kingdom Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd. Polruan Lantic Bay Dredger For Fowey Harbour Commissioners.[17]
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
1 August  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Cevic Fishing trawler For Cevic Steam Fishing Ltd.[18]
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.[19]
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
28 August  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Corhaven Tanker For William Cory & Son Ltd.[20]
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.[21]
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 [22]
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.[23]
16 October  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Melrose Abbey Cargo liner For Associated Humber Lines Ltd.[24]
28 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Norfolk, Virginia Torrey Canyon Tanker For Barracuda Tanker Corporation
2 November  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Y.C.482 Lighter For Admiralty.[25]
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.[26]
8 November  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Otto Springorum Bulk carrier For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga
12 November  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Las Vilas Cargo ship For Banco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[27]
20 November  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Harpalycus Cargo ship For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[28]
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.[29]
28 November  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Sand Grebe Dredger For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[30]
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.[31]
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.[32]
30 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rosebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[33]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Conservancy Survey ship For Humber Conservancy Board.[34]
Unknown date  United Kingdom M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd. Bideford Enterprise Echo-class survey ship For Royal Navy.[35]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Krabei Shell Tug For Sociètè Shell du Cambodge.[36]

References

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  1. ^ "Caxton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Pinar Del Rio". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Iron Age". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. ^ "M/S Schhleswig-Holstein". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. ^ "Pelamida". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Vestfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. ^ "New Mexico". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Adler". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Seskar". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Tri-Ellis". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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  12. ^ "Ase Creek". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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  14. ^ "Minchbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Carrigan Head". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. ^ "SAS Mosselbaai". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Lantic Bay". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Cevic". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  19. ^ "King Henry". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  20. ^ "Corhaven". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Bulimba". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Petrobras XXXIV". Retrieved 2018-02-23.
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