List of ship launches in 1928

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The list of ship launches in 1928 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1928.

Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes
5 January Alster Cargo liner Deutsche Werft Hamburg  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
11 January El Argentino Cargo ship Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Govan United Kingdom For the Houlder Line
24 January Dagomba Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Elder Dempster.[1]
24 January Duchess of Bedford Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
26 January King Neptune Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[2]
10 February Deal Ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Southern Railway.[3]
21 February Punta Benitez Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[4]
21 February Saugor Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For James Nourse Ltd.[5]
22 February Sussex County-class cruiser Hawthorn, Leslie Hebburn United Kingdom For Royal Navy
23 February Albatross Seaplane tender Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Sydney Australia For Royal Australian Navy
8 March Tia Juana Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[6]
20 March Shirayuki Fubuki-class destroyer Yokohama Shipyards  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
22 March King Arthur Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[7]
23 March I-56 (I-156) Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
24 March Haguro Myōkō-class cruiser Mitsubishi Shipyard Nagasaki  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
27 March Hooiberg Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[8]
14 April Enrico Toti Balilla-class submarine Odero-Terni-Orlando Naval Yard La Spezia  Italy For Regia Marina
19 April Delfina Mitre Train ferry Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Entre Ríos Railway Co.[9]
20 April Colbert Suffren-class cruiser Brest Naval Yard Brest France For Marine Nationale
22 April Ashigara Myōkō-class cruiser Kawasaki shipyard Kobe  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
23 April Clydefield Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Hunting & Sons.[10]
23 April Punta Gorda Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[11]
24 April King Stephen Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[12]
3 May Highland Monarch Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.
3 May Worthing Passenger ferry United Kingdom For Southern Railway
5 May Odin Odin-class submarine Chatham Dockyard Chatham, Kent United Kingdom
6 May St. Louis Ocean liner Bremer-Vulkan Shipyards Bremen  Germany For Hamburg-America Line
7 May St. Roch Schooner Burrard Dry Dock North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Canada For Royal Canadian Mounted Police
17 May Brittany Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For David MacIver & Co.[13]
17 May Nyanza Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For MacLay & MacIntyre Ltd.[14]
19 May King William Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For King Line.[15]
22 May Yamanota Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Lago Shipping Co.[16]
23 May Köln Königsberg-class cruiser (1927) Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven  Germany For Reichsmarine
3 June Éridan Cargo liner Société Provençale de Construction Navales La Ciotat France For Société des Services Contractuels des Messageries Maritimes
14 June Richard C. Krogmann Fishing trawler Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser Wesermünde-Lehe  Germany For Cuxhavener Hochseefischerei AG.
18 June Duchess of Richmond Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
21 June Highland Chieftain Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[17]
26 June Centura Lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Argentine Navigation Co.[18]
26 June Miyuki Fubuki-class destroyer Uraga Dock Company Uraga  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
3 July Designer Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For T. & J. Harrison Ltd.[19]
5 July Cuidad de Salto Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Argentine Navigation Co.[20]
5 July Shropshire County-class cruiser William Beardmore & Company Dalmuir United Kingdom For Royal Navy
8 July Norfolk County-class cruiser Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd Govan United Kingdom For Royal Navy
10 July Pascal Redoutable-class submarine Arsenal de Brest Brest France For French Navy
10 July Wicher Wicher-class destroyer Chantiers Naval Français France For Marynarka Wojenna Rzeczypospolitej Polskeij
17 July York York-class cruiser Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company Jarrow United Kingdom For Royal Navy
18 July Energie Tanker Isaac J. Abdela & Mitchell (1925) Ltd. Queensferry United Kingdom For Medway Oil & Storage Co. Ltd.[21]
18 July Port Fairy cargo ship Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend United Kingdom For Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd
19 July Medway Submarine depot ship Vickers Armstrong Barrow in Furness United Kingdom For Royal Navy
21 July Hyatt Serrano-class destroyer John I. Thorneycroft & Company Woolston United Kingdom For Armada de Chile
2 August Bremen Ocean liner Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
15 August Europa Blohm + Voss Hamburg  Germany For Norddeutscher Lloyd
16 August Behar Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Hain Steamship Co.[22]
19 August Pasteur Redoutable-class submarine Arsenal de Brest Brest France For French Navy
21 August Kerma Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Strick Line.[23]
15 September Viceroy of India Ocean liner Alexander Stephen & Sons Glasgow United Kingdom For Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
17 September Dr. Rudolf Wahrendorff Fishing trawler Deschimag Seebeckwerke Wesermünde  Germany For Grundmann & Gröschel
27 September Murakumo Fubuki-class destroyer Fujinagata Shipyards Osaka  Japan
28 September Duchess of York Ocean liner John Brown & Company Clydebank United Kingdom For Canadian Pacific Steamships Ltd
29 September Hatsuyuki Fubuki-class destroyer Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru, Kyoto  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 October I-57 (I-157) Kaidai III-type submarine Kure Naval Arsenal Kure  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
1 November Highland Brigade Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For H. & W. Nelson Ltd.[24]
15 November Celtic Monarch Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Raeburn & Verel Ltd.[25]
24 November Holy Cross Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
28 November Aldea Serrano-class destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Woolston United Kingdom For Armada de Chile
29 November Uranami Fubuki-class destroyer Uraga Dock Company Uraga  Japan For Imperial Japanese Navy
11 December Olympus Odin-class submarine William Beardmore and Company Glasgow United Kingdom For Royal Navy
12 December Bhutan Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Hain Steamship Co.[26]
13 December Canterbury Ferry William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton United Kingdom For Southern Railway.
15 December Georgetown Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States For F J O'Hara & Sons Inc.
17 December Narwhal Narwhal-class submarine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine United States For United States Navy
21 December Idomo Motor lighter Harland & Wolff Belfast United Kingdom For Elder Dempster.[27]
Unknown date Aelybryn Cargo ship Lithgows Ltd. Port Glasgow United Kingdom For private owner.[28]
Unknown date Barnett McCawley-class attack transport Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd Haverton Hill-on-Tees United Kingdom For the United States Navy
Unknown date Boston College Trawler Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine United States
Unknown date Coronet Steam yacht Germainia Werft Kiel  Germany For Irving T. Bush
Unknown date Eaglescliffe Hall cargo ship Smith's Dock Co Middlesbrough United Kingdom For Hall Corporation
Unknown date Egglestone Cargo ship W Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool United Kingdom
Unknown date Elfrecia Steam yacht Defoe Shipbuilding Co Bay City, Michigan United States
Unknown date City of Dieppe Steamship William Gray & Co. (1918) Ltd. West Hartlepool United Kingdom For Ellerman Lines.[29]
Unknown date Gemma Cargo ship Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg  Germany For Holm & Molzen
Unknown date Goodleigh Cargo ship J L Thompson & Sons Ltd Sunderland United Kingdom For Dulverton Steamship Co Ltd
Unknown date Hydrographer Survey ship Spear Engine Works Norfolk, Virginia United States For United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Unknown date Meuse Cargo ship J. Koster. Groningen Netherlands For private owner.[30]
Unknown date Miss England I Power boat British Power Boat Company Southampton United Kingdom For Hubert Scott-Paine
Unknown date Queen Anne Motor yacht Germania Werft Kiel  Germany For Isaac Edward Emerson[31][32]
Unknown date Rodi Cargo ship Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Maschinenbau Bremen  Germany For Societa Anonima Adriatica Navigazione.[33]
Unknown date Savarona Steam yacht Pusey & Jones Wilmington, Delaware United States For Mrs Thomas S Cadwallader
Unknown date Spindrift F F Pendleton Wiscasset, Maine United States
Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 5 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[34]
Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 6 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[34]
Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 7 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[34]
Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 8 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[34]
Unknown date T.C.I.S.G. No. 9 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.[34]
Unknown date Trimont Bethlehem Shipbuilding Quincy, Massachusetts United States
Unknown date Treuenfels Cargo ship Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. Bremen  Germany For Hansa Line.[35]
Unknown date Ubena Passenger ship Blohm & Voss. Hamburg  Germany For Deutsche East Africa Line.[36]
Unknown date WGN 67 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 68 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 69 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 70 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 71 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 72 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 73 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 74 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 75 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 76 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 77 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 78 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 79 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 80 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 81 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 82 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 83 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]
Unknown date WGN 84 Barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama United States For Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company.[34]

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