List of ship launches in 1956
The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes |
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5 January | ![]() | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Lester | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
12 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Duke of Argyll | Ferry | For British Railways. |
17 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Confident | Confiance-class tug | For Royal Navy.[1] |
20 January | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Alamo | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
27 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maddiston | Ton-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[2] |
31 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lappe | Motor lighter | For Shell Oil Co.[3] |
4 February | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | John Willis | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
25 February | ![]() | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Salmon | Sailfish-class submarine | |
2 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Solfon | Tanker | For Sigval Bergsen.[4] |
24 March | ![]() | Brest Dockyards | Brest | Colbert | Anti-aircraft cruiser | |
27 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rowanmore | Cargo ship | For Johnston Warren & Co.[5] |
28 March | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Davis | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
29 March | ![]() | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Margaree | St. Laurent-class destroyer | |
12 April | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Manley | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
19 April | ![]() | Blohm & Voss | Hamburg | Ragnvald Jarl | Passenger ship | For NFDS[6] |
25 April | ![]() | Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company | Seattle, Washington | Bridget | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
26 April | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Harvella | Tanker | For Shell Oil Co.[7] |
1 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Repton | Ton-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[8] |
3 May | ![]() | Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point, Maryland | Mauna Kea | Suribachi-class ammunition ship | |
9 May | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Empress of England | Ocean liner | For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[9] |
10 May | ![]() | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow, Scotland | Palliser | Blackwood-class frigate | |
23 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Flying Duck | Tug | For Clyde Shipping Co.[10] |
24 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Maxton | Ton-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[11] |
28 May | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Darter | Unique submarine | |
7 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ondo | Cargo ship | For Elder Dempster.[12] |
19 June | ![]() | Götaverken | Gothenburg | 7 de Agosto | Halland-class destroyer | For Colombian Navy |
19 June | ![]() | Norderwerft | Hamburg | Wandsbek | Type I ferry | For HADAG |
21 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tuscany | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[13] |
12 July | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Hermitage | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
19 July | ![]() | Scheel & Jöhnk | Harburg | Jollenführer 1 | Ferry type 00 | For HADAG[14][circular reference] |
28 July | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Van Voorhis | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
7 August | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Jonas Ingram | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
7 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Missouri | Tanker | For Texaco Oil Co.[15] |
10 August | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Monticello | Thomaston-class dock landing ship | |
13 August | ![]() | Ottensener Eisenwerke | Hamburg | Farmsen | Type I ferry | For HADAG |
21 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Scottish Coast | Ferry | For Coast Lines.[16] |
5 September | ![]() | Boston Naval Shipyard | Boston, Massachusetts | Suffolk County | De Soto County-class tank landing ship | |
8 September | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Du Pont | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
29 September | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Ranger | Forrestal-class aircraft carrier | |
12 October | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Grant County | De Soto County-class tank landing ship | |
22 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nurton | Ton-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[17] |
27 October | ![]() | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Vampire | Daring-class destroyer | |
1 November | ![]() | Burrard Dry Dock | Vancouver, British Columbia | Columbia | Restigouche-class destroyer | |
1 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Albany | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[18] |
20 November | ![]() | J. Samuel White | Cowes, Isle of Wight | Khukri | Blackwood-class frigate | For Indian Navy |
20 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Storfonn | Tanker | For Sigval Bergsen.[19] |
21 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Port Launceston | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Port Line.[20] |
22 November | ![]() | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Sylvania | Saxonia-class ocean liner | For Cunard Line |
24 November | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Hartley | Dealey-class destroyer escort | |
29 November | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Flying Drake | Tug | For Clyde Shipping Co.[21] |
19 December | ![]() | Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Blandy | Forrest Sherman-class destroyer | |
21 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cloverbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[22] |
References
- ^ "HMS Confident". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Maddiston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Lappe". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Solfon". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Rowanmore". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ^ "Harvella". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Repton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ "Flying Duck". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Maxton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Ondo". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Tuscany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
- ^ "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Scottish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "HMS Nurton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Albany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Storfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Port Launceston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Flying Drake". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Cloverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.