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
8 January  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Benjamin Stoddert Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
12 January  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine John Adams Lafayette-class submarine
12 January  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Nathan Hale Lafayette-class submarine
15 January  Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Oceanic Cruise ship For Home Lines
22 January Canada Canada Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. North Vancouver Queen of Esquimalt V-class ferry For BC Ferries[1]
25 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Lossiebank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[2]
28 January  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Parahaki Firefighting tug For Whangarei Harbour Board.[3]
29 January  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole S.W.2 Sludge carrier For County and City of Exeter.[4]
30 January  West Germany HDW Kiel U-6 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
February  United Kingdom N Holmans & Sons Penzance Primrose Tug First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years.[5]
22 February  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Woodrow Wilson Lafayette-class submarine
26 February  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Waddell Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
27 February  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Raumanga Firefighting tug For Whangarei Harbor Board.[6]
2 March  West Germany Rolandwerft GmbH Bremen Wilhelmshaven For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH[7]
12 March  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Siyanah Buoy tender For Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd.[8]
15 March  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia James Madison James Madison-class submarine
16 March  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guadalcanal Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
24 March  Italy Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico Monfalcone Raffaello Ocean liner For Italian Line
6 April  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Richmond K. Turner Leahy-class cruiser
7 April  Soviet Union A.A. Zhdanov Leningrad Varyag Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser For Soviet Navy
10 April  West Germany HDW Kiel U-7 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
24 April  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Jack Permit-class submarine
27 April  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Daniel Webster Lafayette-class submarine
27 April Canada Canada Halifax Shipyards Halifax, Nova Scotia Annapolis Annapolis-class destroyer
4 May  West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Hessen Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
12 May  Netherlands Zaanlandsche Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Zaandam Marsdiep For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[9]
23 May  United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Galatea Leander-class frigate
6 June  United Kingdom Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Greenock Euryalus Leander-class frigate
15 June  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Mars Mars-class combat stores ship
15 June  East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Ivan Franko Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Black Sea Shipping Company[10]
15 June  Japan Ōi Isuzu-class destroyer escort
19 June  West Germany HDW Kiel U-8 Type 205 submarine For German Navy
21 June  Japan Kitakami Isuzu-class destroyer escort
22 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Flasher Permit-class submarine
21 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Roybank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[11]
22 June  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Daniel Boone James Madison-class submarine
22 June  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia John C. Calhoun James Madison-class submarine
22 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Tecumseh James Madison-class submarine
7 July  United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-103 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[12]
19 July  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Brooke Brooke-class frigate
20 July  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Belknap Belknap-class cruiser
22 July  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Sand Lark Dredger For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[13]
3 August  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York La Salle Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock
8 August  United Kingdom Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Fingal Lighthouse tender For Commissioners of Northern Lights.[14]
10 August  United States National Steel & Shipbuilding San Diego, California Sylvania Mars-class combat stores ship
19 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Rimfonn Tanker For Sigval Bergsen.[15]
20 August  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Sagar Pilot vessel For Calcutta Port Commission.[16]
14 September  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Sacramento Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
19 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Methane Progress LNG carrier For Methane Tanker Finance Co.[17]
26 September  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Perth Perth-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
5 October  Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Amatsukaze Unique destroyer
10 October  United States Levingston Shipbuilding Company Orange, Texas PF-104 Bayandor-class corvette For transfer to Imperial Iranian Navy.[12]
15 October  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Ramsey Brooke-class frigate
18 October  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Von Steuben James Madison-class submarine
29 October  Denmark Aalborg Værft A/S Aalborg Prinsesse Elisabeth Ferry For DSB Färjedivision[18]
29 October  Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki Ilmatar Ferry For Finland Steamship Company[19]
31 October  United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Garcia Garcia-class frigate
1 November  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn Cambridge Ferry Train ferry For British Railways Board
2 November  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Ulysses S. Grant James Madison-class submarine
4 November  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow Naiad Leander-class frigate
5 November  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Arethusa Leander-class frigate
17 October  United Kingdom Short Brothers Ltd. Sunderland Carlton Bulk carrier For Chapman & Willan Ltd.[20][21]
29 November  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth Samudra Pilot vessel For Calcutta Port Commission.[22]
30 November  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Stonewall Jackson James Madison-class submarine
30 November  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden Kinn Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
2 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Josephus Daniels Belknap-class cruiser
3 December  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant Valiant-class submarine
3 December Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd Victoria Queen of Nanaimo Burnaby-class ferry For BC Ferries[23]
3 December  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Ruwais Tug For Shell Company of Qatar Ltd.[24]
7 December  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Schofield Brooke-class frigate
17 December  Sweden Sölvesborg Varv Ab Sölvesborg Apollo Ferry For Rederi AB Slite
19 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Fearless Fearless-class landing platform dock For Royal Navy.
20 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Sam Rayburn James Madison-class submarine
27 December  United Kingdom G. & J. Weir (Holdings) Ltd. Renfrew Hopper Barge No.3 Hopper barge For Calcutta Port Commissioners.[25]
31 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Weybank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[26]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Bill Cole Tender For Pool Harbour Commissioners.[27]
Unknown date  United Kingdom G. Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd. Greenock Vasabha Tug For Colombo Port Commission.[28]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Welsh Prince Fishing trawler For Welsh Fisheries Ltd.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Welsh Princess Fishing trawler For Welsh Fisheries Ltd.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "M/S Queen of Esquimalt". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. ^ "Lossiebank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Parahaki". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ "S.W.2". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  5. ^ Carter 1998, p. not cited.
  6. ^ "Raumanga". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  7. ^ "M/S Wilhelmshaven". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. ^ "Siyanah". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  9. ^ "M/S Marsdiep". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  10. ^ "M/S Ivan Franko". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  11. ^ "Roybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. ^ a b Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1996, p. 184.
  13. ^ "Sand Lark". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 138.
  15. ^ "Rimfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. ^ "Sagar". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Methane Progress". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  18. ^ "M/S Prinsesse Elisabeth". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  19. ^ "M/S Ilmatar". Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  20. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 110.
  21. ^ "Carlton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Samudra". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  23. ^ "M/S Queen of Nanaimo". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  24. ^ "Ruwais". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  25. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 353.
  26. ^ "Weybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  27. ^ "Bill Cole". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  28. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 292.
  29. ^ "Welsh Prince". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  30. ^ "Welsh Princess". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
Sources
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  • 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.
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