List of ship launches in 1968

The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1968.

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Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
23 January  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Santa Barbara Kilauea-class ammunition ship
3 February  Australia Adroit Attack-class patrol boat
3 February  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Orleans Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
3 February  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Newport Newport-class tank landing ship
9 February  West Germany HDW Kiel U 11 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
17 February  Australia Arrow Attack-class patrol boat
17 February  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Bergall Sturgeon-class submarine
17 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Lang Knox-class frigate
26 February  West Germany Schichau Unterweser Bemerhaven Norderney Tugboat For German Navy
28 February  United Kingdom Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland Charybdis Leander-class frigate
29 February  United Kingdom Vickers Armstrong Bacchante Leander-class frigate
1 March  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Seattle Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
10 March  United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons Aberdeen Malcolm Miller Sail Training Ship for Sail Training Association
15 March  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Revenge Resolution-class submarine
16 March  United States General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts Wichita Wichita-class replenishment oiler
29 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Durham Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship
30 March  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Puffer Sturgeon-class submarine
10 April  Australia Barbette Attack-class patrol boat
12 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Whipple Knox-class frigate
13 April  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California San Diego Mars-class combat stores ship
13 April  United States Bath Iron Works Maine Mölders Lütjens-class destroyer For German Navy
27 April  Australia Ardent Attack-class patrol boat
5 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Anchorage Anchorage-class dock landing ship
11 May  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Francis Hammond Knox-class frigate
11 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Export Lightning Container ship For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
15 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Spadefish Sturgeon-class submarine
8 June  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Dolphin Unique research submarine
15 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Seahorse Sturgeon-class submarine
29 June  Australia Barricade Attack-class patrol boat
17 July  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Mount Hood Kilauea-class ammunition ship
20 July  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Connole Knox-class frigate
25 July  Japan Natsugumo Minegumo-class destroyer
27 July  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Guitarro Sturgeon-class submarine
3 August  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Trenton Austin-class amphibious transport dock
8 August  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport, England Scylla Leander-class frigate
10 August  Australia Madang Attack-class patrol boat
30 August  Canada Saint John Shipbuilding Saint John, New Brunswick Protecteur Protecteur-class replenishment oiler
3 September  United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Sherman Hamilton-class cutter
5 September  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Lockwood Knox-class frigate
10 September  West Germany HDW Kiel U 12 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
10 September  Denmark Orlogsværftet Kobenhavn KDM Narhvalen Type 205 submarine For Royal Danish Navy
14 September  Australia Buccaneer Attack-class patrol boat
28 September  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Fresno Newport-class tank landing ship
28 September  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Torrens River-class destroyer escort
2 October  Australia Bandolier Attack-class patrol boat
19 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Mobile Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship
24 October  Japan Arashio Asashio-class submarine
2 November  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Stag Hound Container ship For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
6 November  Australia Bayonet Attack-class patrol boat
16 November  United States Avondale Shipyard Westwego, Louisiana Rush Hamilton-class cutter
21 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Achilles Leander-class frigate
23 November  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Peoria Newport-class tank landing ship
30 November  France Constructions Navales et Industrielles de la Méditerranée La Seyne-sur-Mer Transcontainer I Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship For SNCF
1 December  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Great Republic Roll-on/roll-off vessel For Moore-McCormack Lines
3 December  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Greenock, Scotland Onslow Oberon-class submarine For Royal Australian Navy
7 December  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Badger Knox-class frigate
7 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Finback Sturgeon-class submarine
17 December  West Germany Stader Schiffswerft Stade Niedersachsen ferry For Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße[1]
20 December  United Kingdom Churchill Churchill-class submarine
 Japan Kojima Maru cargo ship

See also

Ship events in 1968
Ship launches: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship commissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship decommissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Shipwrecks: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973

References

  1. ↑ "M/S Niedersachsen.". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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