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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
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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]
|