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
5 January United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lester Dealey-class destroyer escort
12 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Duke of Argyll Ferry For British Railways.
17 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Confident Confiance-class tug For Royal Navy.[1]
20 January United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Alamo Thomaston-class dock landing ship
27 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maddiston Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[2]
31 January United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lappe Motor lighter For Shell Oil Co.[3]
4 February United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey John Willis Dealey-class destroyer escort
25 February United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Salmon Sailfish-class submarine
27 February United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland King Aegeus Cargo ship For Markos P. Nomikos.[4]
29 February United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Trochus Hopper ship For Queensland Government.[5]
2 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Solfon Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[6]
24 March France Brest Dockyards Brest Colbert Anti-aircraft cruiser
27 March United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rowanmore Cargo ship For Johnston Warren & Co.[7]
28 March United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Davis Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
28 March United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Shrivenham Ham-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[8]
29 March Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Margaree St. Laurent-class destroyer
12 April United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Manley Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
19 April West Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Ragnvald Jarl Passenger ship For NFDS[9]
25 April United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Bridget Dealey-class destroyer escort
26 April United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Harvella Tanker For Shell Oil Co.[10]
1 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Repton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[11]
3 May United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Mauna Kea Suribachi-class ammunition ship
9 May United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne Empress of England Ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[12]
10 May United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Palliser Blackwood-class frigate
Unknown date United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Sokol Fishing trawler For private owner.[13]
23 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Duck Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[14]
24 May United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Maxton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[15]
28 May United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Darter Unique submarine
7 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Ondo Cargo ship For Elder Dempster.[16]
19 June Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg 7 de Agosto Halland-class destroyer For Colombian Navy
19 June West Germany Norderwerft Hamburg Wandsbek Type I ferry For HADAG
21 June United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tuscany Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[17]
29 June United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Karp Fishing trawler For private owner.[18]
12 July United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Hermitage Thomaston-class dock landing ship
19 July West Germany Scheel & Jöhnk Harburg Jollenführer 1 Ferry type 00 For HADAG[19]
28 July United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Van Voorhis Dealey-class destroyer escort
31 July United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Sever Fishing trawler For private owner.[20]
7 August United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Jonas Ingram Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
7 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Missouri Tanker For Texaco Oil Co.[21]
10 August United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Monticello Thomaston-class dock landing ship
13 August West Germany Ottensener Eisenwerke Hamburg Farmsen Type I ferry For HADAG
21 August United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Scottish Coast Ferry For Coast Lines.[22]
4 September United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Harborough Cargo ship For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[23]
5 September United States Boston Naval Shipyard Boston, Massachusetts Suffolk County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
8 September United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Du Pont Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
29 September United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Ranger Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
9 October United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Vostock Fishing trawler For private owner.[24]
12 October United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Grant County De Soto County-class tank landing ship
22 October United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Nurton Ton-class minesweeper For Royal Navy.[25]
27 October Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Vampire Daring-class destroyer
1 November Canada Canada Burrard Dry Dock Vancouver, British Columbia Columbia Restigouche-class destroyer
1 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Albany Refrigerated cargo ship For Royal Mail Line.[26]
20 November United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Khukri Blackwood-class frigate For Indian Navy
20 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Storfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[27]
21 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Port Launceston Refrigerated cargo ship For Port Line.[28]
22 November United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Sylvania Saxonia-class ocean liner For Cunard Line
22 November United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Yug Fishing trawler For private owner.[29]
24 November United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Hartley Dealey-class destroyer escort
29 November United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Flying Drake Tug For Clyde Shipping Co.[30]
November United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama ADDSCO 606 Hopper barge For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company.[31]
November United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama ADDSCO 607 Hopper barge For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company.[31]
November United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama ADDSCO 608 Hopper barge For Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company.[31]
19 December United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Blandy Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
20 December United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Zapad Fishing trawler For private owner.[32]
21 December United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Cloverbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[33]
Unknown date United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Hada Tanker For A/S Aurland.[34]

References

  1. ^ "HMS Confident". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "HMS Maddiston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Lappe". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. ^ "King Aegeus". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Trochus". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Solfon". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Rowanmore". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Shrivenham". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  9. ^ "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  10. ^ "Harvella". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  11. ^ "HMS Repton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. ^ "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  13. ^ "Sokol". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Flying Duck". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  15. ^ "HMS Maxton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Ondo". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. ^ "Tuscany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. ^ "Karp". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  19. ^ de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
  20. ^ "Sever". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Scottish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  23. ^ "Harborough". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  24. ^ "Vostock". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  25. ^ "HMS Nurton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  26. ^ "Albany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  27. ^ "Storfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  28. ^ "Port Launceston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  29. ^ "Yug". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  30. ^ "Flying Drake". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  31. ^ a b c "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  32. ^ "Zapad". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  33. ^ "Cloverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  34. ^ "Hada". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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