List of ship launches in 1956

The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.

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