List of ship launches in 1968

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The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1968. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 23 United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States Santa Barbara Kilauea-class ammunition ship  United States Navy
January 25 Germany Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany ferry United Kingdom [1]
January 27 Germany Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, West Germany reefer ship West Germany Hamburg Süd [2]
January 27 Germany , Husum, West Germany ferry West Germany Amrumer Schiffahrts AG [3]
February 3 Australia unknown builder, Australia Adroit Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
February 3 United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States New Orleans Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship  United States Navy
February 3 United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Newport Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
February 9 Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany U 11 Type 205 submarine  German Navy
February 10 Russia Severnaya Verf, Saint Petersburg, Russia Kronstadt Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship  Soviet Navy
February 17  Australia Arrow Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
February 17 United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Bergall Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
February 17 United States Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Lang Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
February 24 Germany Blohm+Voss, Hamburg, West Germany reefer ship West Germany Hamburg Süd [2]
February 26 Germany Schichau-Werft, Bremerhaven, West Germany tugboat  German Navy
February 28 United Kingdom Harland and Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland Charybdis Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
February 29 United Kingdom unknown builder, United Kingdom Bacchante Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
February France unknown builder, France Cachalote Daphné-class submarine  Portuguese Navy
February United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
March 1 United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, United States Seattle Sacramento-class fast combat support ship  United States Navy
March 9 Germany Lübecker Flenderwerke, Rendsburg, West Germany ferry West Germany Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH [5]
March 10 United Kingdom John Lewis & Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland Malcolm Miller Sail Training Ship United Kingdom Sail Training Association
March 15 United Kingdom Cammell Laird, Mersey, England Revenge Resolution-class submarine  Royal Navy
March 16 United States Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, United States Wichita Wichita-class replenishment oiler  United States Navy
March 20 Russia Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Project 670 Skat submarine  Soviet Navy
March 29 United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Durham Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship  United States Navy
March 30 United States Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Puffer Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
April 7 Italy Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Canguro Bruno ferry Italy Navigazion Traghetti Sardi [6]
April 10 Australia unknown builder, Australia Barbette Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
April 12 United States Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, United States Whipple Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
April 13 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States San Diego Mars-class combat stores ship  United States Navy
April 13 United States Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Mölders Lütjens-class destroyer  German Navy
April 27 Australia unknown builder, Australia Ardent Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
May 5 United States Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Anchorage Anchorage-class dock landing ship  United States Navy
May 11 United States Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Francis Hammond Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
May 11 United States Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Export Lightning Container ship United States American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
May 15 United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Spadefish Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
May United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
May United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
June 2 Soviet Union Ukraine, Soviet Union Smely destroyer  Soviet Navy
June 8 United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States Dolphin Unique research submarine  United States Navy
June 15 United States Electric Boat, Groton, Connecticut, United States Seahorse Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
June 28 France , Brest, France Hangor Daphné-class submarine  Pakistan Navy
June 29 Australia unknown builder, Australia Barricade Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
July 11 Russia Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Project 651 submarine  Soviet Navy
July 17 United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Maryland, United States Mount Hood Kilauea-class ammunition ship  United States Navy
July 20 United States Avondale Shipyard, Avondale, Louisiana, United States Connole Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
July 25 Japan unknown builder, Japan Natsugumo Minegumo-class destroyer  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
July 27 United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States Guitarro Sturgeon-class submarine  United States Navy
July 31 Russia Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Project 670 Skat submarine  Soviet Navy
August 3 United States Lockheed, Seattle, Washington, United States Trenton Austin-class amphibious transport dock  United States Navy
August 8 United Kingdom Royal Navy Dockyard, Plymouth, Devon, England Scylla Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
August 10 Australia unknown builder, Australia Madang Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
August 30 Canada Saint John Shipbuilding, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Protecteur Protecteur-class replenishment oiler  Royal Canadian Navy
September 3 United States Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, United States Sherman Hamilton-class cutter  United States Coast Guard
September 5 United States Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, United States Lockwood Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
September 10 Germany Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany U 12 Type 205 submarine  German Navy
September 10 Denmark Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen, Denmark Narhvalen Type 205 submarine  Royal Danish Navy
September 14 Australia unknown builder, Australia Buccaneer Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
September 28 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Fresno Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
September 28 Australia Vickers Cockatoo Docks, Sydney, Australia Torrens River-class destroyer escort  Royal Australian Navy
September 29 Russia Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia submarine  Soviet Navy
September France unknown builder, France Albacora-class submarine  Portuguese Navy
October United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
October United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co., Bembridge, England patrol craft  United Arab Emirates Navy [4]
October 2 Australia unknown builder, Australia Bandolier Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
October 7 Soviet Union Sudomekh Shipyard, Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union Project 641 submarine  Soviet Navy
October 19 United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Mobile Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship  United States Navy
October 24 Japan unknown builder, Japan Arashio Asashio-class submarine  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
November 2 United States Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Stag Hound Container ship United States American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
November 6 Australia unknown builder, Australia Bayonet Attack-class patrol boat  Royal Australian Navy
November 16 United States Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana, United States Rush Hamilton-class cutter  United States Coast Guard
November 21 United Kingdom Yarrows, Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland Achilles Leander-class frigate  Royal Navy
November 22 Russia unrecognized builder, Russia Admiral Isakov Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship  Soviet Navy
November 23 United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, California, United States Peoria Newport-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
November 30 France Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France Transcontainer I Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship France SNCF
December 1 United States Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Roll-on/roll-off vessel United States Moore-McCormack Lines
December 3 United Kingdom unknown builder, United Kingdom Onslow Oberon-class submarine  Royal Australian Navy
December 7 United States Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, California, United States Badger Knox-class frigate  United States Navy
December 7 United States Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia, United States Finback Sturgeon-class submarine United States
December 7 Germany Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany Innisfallen ferry United Kingdom [7]
December 17 West Germany Stader Schiffswerft, Stade, Germany Niedersachsen ferry West Germany Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße [8]
December 20 United Kingdom unknown builder, United Kingdom Churchill Churchill-class submarine
December 26 Russia unknown builder, Russia K-162 Project 661 Anchar submarine  Soviet Navy
unknown date Japan unknown builder, Japan Kojima Maru cargo ship

References[]

  1. ^ "M/S Munster". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  2. ^ a b "Liste der Neubauten Werft Blohm + Voss". Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  3. ^ "M/S Amrum". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  4. ^ a b c d e Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
  5. ^ "M/S Insel Föhr". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  6. ^ "M/S Canguro Bruno". Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  7. ^ "M/S Innisfallen". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ^ "M/S Niedersachsen". Retrieved 2016-03-12.

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
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