List of ship launches in 1963
The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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8 January | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Benjamin Stoddert | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
12 January | ![]() | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | John Adams | Lafayette-class submarine | |
12 January | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Nathan Hale | Lafayette-class submarine | |
15 January | ![]() | Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico | Monfalcone | Oceanic | Cruise ship | For Home Lines |
22 January | ![]() | Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | North Vancouver | Queen of Esquimalt | V-class ferry | For BC Ferries[1] |
25 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lossiebank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[2] |
30 January | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U-6 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
February | ![]() | N Holmans & Sons | Penzance | Primrose | Tug | First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years[3] |
22 February | ![]() | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Woodrow Wilson | Lafayette-class submarine | |
26 February | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Waddell | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | |
2 March | ![]() | Rolandwerft GmbH | Bremen | Wilhelmshaven | For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH[4] | |
15 March | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | James Madison | James Madison-class submarine | |
16 March | ![]() | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Guadalcanal | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | |
24 March | ![]() | Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico | Monfalcone | Raffaello | Ocean liner | For Italian Line |
6 April | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Richmond K. Turner | Leahy-class cruiser | |
7 April | ![]() | A.A. Zhdanov | Leningrad | Varyag | Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser | For Soviet Navy |
10 April | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U-7 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
24 April | ![]() | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Jack | Permit-class submarine | |
27 April | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Daniel Webster | Lafayette-class submarine | |
27 April | ![]() | Halifax Shipyards | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Annapolis | Annapolis-class destroyer | |
4 May | ![]() | H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Hamburg | Hessen | Hamburg-class destroyer | For German Navy |
12 May | ![]() | Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij | Zaandam | Marsdiep | For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[5] | |
23 May | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Galatea | Leander-class frigate | |
6 June | ![]() | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering | Greenock | Euryalus | Leander-class frigate | |
15 June | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Mars | Mars-class combat stores ship | |
15 June | ![]() | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Ivan Franko | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company[6] |
15 June | ![]() | Ōi | Isuzu-class destroyer escort | |||
19 June | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U-8 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
21 June | ![]() | Kitakami | Isuzu-class destroyer escort | |||
22 June | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Flasher | Permit-class submarine | |
21 June | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Roybank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[7] |
22 June | ![]() | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Daniel Boone | James Madison-class submarine | |
22 June | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | John C. Calhoun | James Madison-class submarine | |
22 June | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Tecumseh | James Madison-class submarine | |
7 July | ![]() | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | Orange, Texas | PF-103 | Bayandor-class corvette | For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[8] |
19 July | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Brooke | Brooke-class frigate | |
20 July | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Belknap | Belknap-class cruiser | |
3 August | ![]() | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | La Salle | Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock | |
8 August | ![]() | Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Glasgow | Fingal | Lighthouse tender | For Commissioners of Northern Lights.[9] |
10 August | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Sylvania | Mars-class combat stores ship | |
19 August | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rimfonn | Tanker | For Sigval Bergsen.[10] |
14 September | ![]() | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Sacramento | Sacramento-class fast combat support ship | |
19 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Methane Progress | LNG carrier | For Methane Tanker Finance Co.[11] |
26 September | ![]() | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Perth | Perth-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
5 October | ![]() | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Amatsukaze | Unique destroyer | ||
10 October | ![]() | Levingston Shipbuilding Company | Orange, Texas | PF-104 | Bayandor-class corvette | For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[8] |
15 October | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Ramsey | Brooke-class frigate | |
18 October | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Von Steuben | James Madison-class submarine | |
29 October | ![]() | Aalborg Værft A/S | Aalborg | Prinsesse Elisabeth | Ferry | For DSB Färjedivision[12] |
29 October | ![]() | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki | Ilmatar | Ferry | For Finland Steamship Company[13] |
31 October | ![]() | Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco, California | Garcia | Garcia-class frigate | |
1 November | ![]() | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Cambridge Ferry | Train ferry | For British Railways Board |
2 November | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Ulysses S. Grant | James Madison-class submarine | |
4 November | ![]() | Yarrow Shipbuilders | Glasgow | Naiad | Leander-class frigate | |
5 November | ![]() | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Arethusa | Leander-class frigate | |
17 October | ![]() | Short Brothers Ltd. | Sunderland | Carlton | Bulk carrier | For Chapman & Willan Ltd.[14][15] |
30 November | ![]() | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Stonewall Jackson | James Madison-class submarine | |
30 November | ![]() | Nordseewerke | Emden | Kinn | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
2 December | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Josephus Daniels | Belknap-class cruiser | |
3 December | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Valiant | Valiant-class submarine | ||
3 December | ![]() | Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd | Victoria | Queen of Nanaimo | Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries[16] |
7 December | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Schofield | Brooke-class frigate | |
17 December | ![]() | Sölvesborg Varv Ab | Sölvesborg | Apollo | Ferry | For Rederi AB Slite |
19 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Fearless | Fearless-class landing platform dock | For Royal Navy. |
20 December | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Sam Rayburn | James Madison-class submarine | |
27 December | ![]() | G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd. | Renfrew | Hopper Barge No.3 | Hopper barge | For Calcutta Port Commissioners.[17] |
31 December | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Weybank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[18] |
Date unknown | ![]() | G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. | Greenock | Vasabha | Tug | For Colombo Port Commission.[19] |
References
- ^ "M/S Queen of Esquimalt". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "Lossiebank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
- ^ "M/S Wilhelmshaven". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "M/S Marsdiep". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ^ "M/S Ivan Franko". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "Roybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ a b Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1996, p. 184.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 138.
- ^ "Rimfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Methane Progress". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Prinsesse Elisabeth". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "M/S Ilmatar". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
- ^ "Carlton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "M/S Queen of Nanaimo". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 353.
- ^ "Weybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
- Sources
- Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996). "Iran". Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-1557501325.
- Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.