List of ship launches in 1946
This list of ship launches in 1946 includes a list of ships launched in 1946.
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| Date | Ship | Country | Builder | Location | Class / type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 January | Leonard F. Mason |  United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 5 January | Spaburn |  United Kingdom
|
Coastal water carrier | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||
| 5 January | Robert L. Wilson | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 8 January | Eversole | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 15 January | Empire Athelstan | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd | Barrow in Furness | Heavy lift cargo ship | For Ministry of Transport |
| 17 January | Empire Evesham | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 17 January | Forrest Royal | United States
|
Bethlehem Steel | Staten Island, New York | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 22 January | Anchorite | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow in Furness | Amphion-class submarine | |
| 2 February | Witek | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 4 February | Empire Hedda | United Kingdom
|
Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Tug | For Ministry of Transport |
| 4 February | Empire Seafoam | United Kingdom
|
Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co Ltd | Goole | Coaster | For Ministry of Transport |
| 4 February | Empire Tedburgh | United Kingdom
|
Short Brothers Ltd | Sunderland | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 5 February | Empire Tedmuir | United Kingdom
|
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 8 February | Empire Juna | United Kingdom
|
Cochrane & Sons Ltd | Selby | Tug | For Ministry of Transport |
| 15 February | Bluebird | United States
|
North Charleston, South Carolina | submarine rescue ship | ||
| 18 February | Sparrow | United Kingdom
|
Modified Black Swan-class sloop | |||
| 18 February | Alaric | United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird | Birkenhead | Amphion-class submarine | |
| 19 February | Empire Flodden | United Kingdom
|
Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd | Haverton Hill-on-Tees | Tanker | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 19 February | Halfbeak | United States
|
Cramp Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia | Balao-class submarine | |
| 19 February | Pawcatuck | United States
|
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Chester, Pennsylvania | replenishment oiler | |
| 20 February | Jutland | United Kingdom
|
Modified Battle-class destroyer | |||
| 21 February | Empire Marshland | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co Ltd | Renfrew | Dredger | For Ministry of Transport |
| 28 February | Spapool | United Kingdom
|
Coastal water carrier | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||
| 28 February | Artemis | United Kingdom
|
Scotts | Greenock | Amphion-class submarine | |
| 5 March | Fresno | United States
|
Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Atlanta-class cruiser | |
| 5 March | Bryce Canyon | United States
|
Charleston Navy Yard | North Charleston, South Carolina | Shenandoah-class destroyer tender | |
| 5 March | Manchester | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Cleveland-class cruiser | |
| 8 March | Shelton | United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 15 March | Charles H. Roan | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 19 March | Empire Forager | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co Ltd | Greenock, Renfrewshire | Dredger | For Ministry of War Transport |
| 30 March | Agerholm | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 30 March | Waccamaw | United States
|
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Chester, Pennsylvania | Cimarron-class oiler | |
| 2 April | Coral Sea | United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Midway-class aircraft carrier | |
| 3 April | Empire Dunbar | United Kingdom
|
Sir J Laing & Sons Ltd | Sunderland, Co Durham | Tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 4 April | Empire Maydream | United Kingdom
|
A Hall & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Coaster | For Ministry of Transport |
| 17 April | Empire Woodland | United Kingdom
|
William Simons & Co Ltd | Greenock | Dredger | For Ministry of Transport |
| 23 April | Ulua | United States
|
Cramp Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia | Balao-class submarine | |
| 27 April | BO-173 |  Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 27 April | BO-270 | Soviet Union
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Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 28 April | BO-171 | Soviet Union
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Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 28 April | BO-172 | Soviet Union
|
Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant | Zelenedolsk | Kronshtadt-class submarine chaser | |
| 30 April | Burton Island | United States
|
Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Francisco | Wind-class icebreaker | |
| April | Poictiers | United Kingdom
|
Destroyer | Scrapped shortly after launch. | ||
| April | Empire Tedrita | United Kingdom
|
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 1 May | Empire Doreen | United Kingdom
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Scott & Sons | Bowling | Tug | For Ministry of Transport |
| 3 May | Corsair | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tench-class submarine | |
| 15 May | Rowanol | United Kingdom
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Coastal tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||
| 16 May | Empire Hartland | United Kingdom
|
Ferguson Brothers Ltd | Port Glasgow | Hopper ship | For Ministry of Transport |
| 29 May | Seaman | United States
|
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation | Seattle | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 29 May | Edisto | United States
|
Western Pipe and Steel Company | San Pedro, California | Wind-class icebreaker | |
| 15 June | Norden |  Denmark
|
Nakskov | cargo ship | ||
| 16 June | Sun XVII | United Kingdom
|
A Hall & Co Ltd | Aberdeen | Tug | For Ministry of Transport |
| 24 June | Keppler | United States
|
Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 28 June | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Tanker | For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd | |
| 12 July | Tringa | United States
|
Savannah, Georgia | submarine rescue ship | ||
| 15 July | Robert A. Owens | United States
|
Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| 31 July | Empire Tesland | United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff Ltd | Glasgow | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 1 August | Unicorn | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tench-class submarine | |
| 10 August | Spalake | United Kingdom
|
Coastal water carrier | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||
| 12 August | Turbot | United States
|
Cramp Shipbuilding Company | Philadelphia | Balao-class submarine | |
| 13 August | Andrew | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow in Furness | Amphion-class submarine | |
| 14 August | Empire Ethelbert | United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle upon Tyne | Heavy lift ship | For Ministry of Transport |
| 15 August | Scorpion | United Kingdom
|
J. S. White | Cowes | Modified Weapon-class destroyer | |
| 28 August | Artemis | United Kingdom
|
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering | Greenock, Scotland | Amphion-class submarine | |
| 28 August | Oakol | United Kingdom
|
Coastal tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary | ||
| 9 September | Stockholm |  Sweden
|
Götaverken | Göteborg | Ocean liner | |
| 11 September | De Grasse |  France
|
Lorient | Anti-aircraft cruiser | ||
| 16 September | Tanumand | United Kingdom
|
Scott & Sons Ltd | Bowling | Tug | For Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd |
| 20 September | Walrus | United States
|
Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tench-class submarine | |
| 27 September | Des Moines | United States
|
Fore River Shipyard | Quincy, Massachusetts | Des Moines-class cruiser | |
| 2 October | Waverley | United Kingdom
|
A & J Inglis Ltd | Glasgow | Paddle Steamer | For London and North Eastern Railway |
| 21 November | Empire Tesville | United Kingdom
|
Bartram & Sons Ltd | Sunderland | Coastal tanker | For Ministry of Transport |
| 20 December | Lansdale | United States
|
Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco | Gearing-class destroyer | |
| Unknown date | SNCF No 1 | United Kingdom
|
Grangemouth Dockyard Company | Grangemouth, Stirlingshire | Collier | For Société Nationale D'Affrétements |
See also[]
| Ship events in 1946 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1950 | 1951 | |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Shipwrecks: | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
Categories:
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- 1946 in transport
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