List of ship launches in 1955

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The list of ship launches in 1955 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1955.


Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
3 January  United States Higgins Industries New Orleans, Louisiana Pinnacle Aggressive-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
26 January  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton, England Hickleton Ton-class minesweeper For  Royal Navy
1 February  West Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Wappen von Hamburg Seebäderschiff For HADAG
5 February  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Forrest Sherman Forrest Sherman-class destroyer For  United States Navy, first in class
22 February  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Murray Blackwood-class frigate For  Royal Navy
25 February  Denmark Helsingør Skipsværft og Maskinbyggeri A/S+ Helsingør Helsingør Ferry For DSB[1]
10 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Truckee Neosho-class oiler For  United States Navy
10 March  Northern Ireland Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Melbourne For Port Line[2]
21 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow, Scotland Chichester Salisbury-class frigate For  Royal Navy
23 April  United States Tacoma, Washington Persistent Aggressive-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
24 April  Soviet Union Severodvinsk Murmansk Sverdlov-class cruiser For  Soviet Navy
7 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine John Paul Jones Forrest Sherman-class destroyer For  United States Navy
11 June  West Germany Husum Uthlande Ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[3]
21 June  Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, British Columbia Terra Nova Restigouche-class destroyer For  Royal Canadian Navy
22 June  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Govan, Scotland Empress of Britain Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Steamship
23 June  United States Boothbay Harbor, Maine Acme Acme-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
20 July  United States Tacoma, Washington Pledge Aggressive-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
21 July  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Seawolf Unique nuclear-powered submarine For  United States Navy
4 August  Japan Inazuma Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
18 August  United Kingdom Portsmouth, England Santon Ton-class minesweeper For  Royal Navy
20 August  United States Boothbay Harbor, Maine Adroit Acme-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
20 August  Japan Yukikaze Harukaze-class destroyer For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
6 September  Japan Ikazuchi Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, first in class
8 September  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Sailfish Sailfish-class submarine For  United States Navy, first in class
14 September  United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Evans Dealey-class destroyer escort For  United States Navy
20 September  Japan Harukaze Harukaze-class destroyer For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, first in class
1 October  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Barry Forrest Sherman-class destroyer For  United States Navy
3 October  United Kingdom Grimsby, England Belton Ton-class minesweeper For  Royal Navy
4 October  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton, England Blackwood Blackwood-class frigate For  Royal Navy, first in class
8 October  United States New York Navy Yard Brooklyn, New York Saratoga Forrestal-class aircraft carrier For  United States Navy
18 October  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Malcolm Blackwood-class frigate For  Royal Navy
24 October  United Kingdom John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland Essex Ferry Train ferry For British Transport Commission
26 October  West Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Nordstjernen Passenger ship For Det Bergenske Dampskibsselskab
30 October  Japan Akebono Unique destroyer escort For  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
2 November  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Courtney Dealey-class destroyer escort For  United States Navy
2 November  United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Suribachi Suribachi-class ammunition ship For  United States Navy, first in class
10 November  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Spiegel Grove Thomaston-class dock landing ship For  United States Navy
16 November  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Exmouth Blackwood-class frigate For  Royal Navy
30 November  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn, England Llandaff Salisbury-class frigate For  Royal Navy
3 December  United States Fort Lauderdale, Florida Stalwart Aggressive-class minesweeper For  United States Navy
14 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Carinthia ocean liner For Cunard Line
15 December  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Decatur Forrest Sherman-class destroyer For  United States Navy

References[]

  1. ^ "M/S Helsingør". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  2. ^ "M/S Port Melbourne". Retrieved 2017-10-06.
  3. ^ "M/S Uthlande". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
Ship events in 1955
Ship launches: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Ship commissionings: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Ship decommissionings: 1950 1952 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Shipwrecks: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
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