List of ship launches in 1960
The list of ship launches in 1960 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1960.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 18 January |
United Kingdom |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell |
Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Arctic Cavalier |
764 ton side trawler |
First diesel-engined trawler built for Boyd Line, Hull |
| 30 January |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
John King |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 13 February |
Japan |
|
|
Onami |
Ayanami-class destroyer |
|
| 27 February |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Lawrence |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 29 February |
United Kingdom |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell |
Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Arctic Corsair |
764 ton side trawler |
for Boyd Line, Hull |
| 6 March |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
William V. Pratt |
Farragut-class destroyer |
|
| 16 March |
United Kingdom |
Cook, Welton & Gemmell |
Beverley, East Yorkshire |
Royalist |
228 ton trawler |
for Hewett Fishing Company, Fleetwood |
| 16 March |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Dahlgren |
Farragut-class destroyer |
|
| 16 March |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Shark |
Skipjack-class submarine |
|
| 16 March |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Canberra |
Ocean liner |
For P&O |
| 20 March |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Eskimo |
Tribal-class frigate |
|
| 26 March |
Germany |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn |
Hamburg |
Hamburg |
Hamburg-class destroyer |
For German Nany |
| 31 March |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Sculpin |
Skipjack-class submarine |
|
| 5 April |
Denmark |
Aalborg Værft A/S |
Ålborg |
Prinsesse Anne-Marie |
ferry |
For Danske Statsbaner[1] |
| 25 April |
Japan |
|
|
Makinami |
Ayanami-class destroyer |
|
| 27 April |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Robison |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 27 April |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Tullibee |
Unique nuclear-powered submarine |
|
| 28 April |
Germany |
Hitzler Werft |
Lauenburg |
Eisvogel |
Eisvogel-class Icebreaker |
For German Navy |
| 5 May |
Germany |
Schlieker-shipyard |
Hamburg |
'Elbe |
|
For German Navy |
| 10 May |
United Kingdom |
Vickers-Armstrongs |
|
Empress of Canada |
Ocean liner |
For Canadian Pacific Steamships |
| 11 May |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Seattle, Washington |
Buchanan |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 11 May |
France |
Chantiers de l'Atlantique |
Saint-Nazaire |
France |
Ocean liner |
For French Line |
| 14 May |
United States |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
Abraham Lincoln |
George Washington-class submarine |
|
| 21 May |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Kitty Hawk |
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier |
|
| 21 May |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Sampson |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 9 June |
Germany |
Hitzler Werft |
Lauenburg |
Eisbär |
Eisvogel-class Icebreaker |
For German Navy |
| 10 June |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird |
Birkenhead |
Devonshire |
County-class destroyer |
|
| 14 June |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Claude V. Ricketts |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 9 July |
United States |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
Thresher |
Thresher-class submarine |
|
| 11 July |
United Kingdom |
John I. Thornycroft & Company |
Southampton, England |
Gurkha |
Tribal-class frigate |
|
| 23 July |
France |
|
|
Foch |
Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier |
|
| 4 August |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Hoel |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 19 August |
United States |
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Okinawa |
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
|
| 20 August |
Germany |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn |
Hamburg |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Hamburg-class destroyer |
For German Nany |
| 6 September |
United Kingdom |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
Portsmouth, England |
Nubian |
Tribal-class frigate |
|
| 9 September |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Sellers |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
| 17 September |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Iwo Jima |
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
|
| 17 September |
United Kingdom |
William Osborne |
Littlehampton, England |
Alexandra |
Watson Lifeboat |
Royal National Lifeboat Institution[2] |
| 19 September |
United Kingdom |
Devonport Dockyard |
Devonport, England |
Tartar |
Tribal-class frigate |
|
| 24 September |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Enterprise |
Unique nuclear-powered aircraft carrier |
|
| 8 October |
United States |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Vallejo, California |
Scamp |
Skipjack-class submarine |
|
| 8 October |
United States |
New York Navy Yard |
Brooklyn, New York |
Constellation |
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier |
|
| 21 October |
United Kingdom |
Vickers Armstrong |
Barrow-in-Furness |
Dreadnought |
Unique nuclear-powered submarine |
|
| 31 October |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Snook |
Skipjack-class submarine |
|
| 22 November |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Ethan Allen |
Ethan Allen-class submarine |
|
| 10 December |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Barney |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
References
- ↑ "M / S Prinsesse Anne-Marie.". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ↑ Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
See also