| Date |
Ship |
Class / type |
Builder |
Location |
Country |
Notes |
| 4 January |
Edson |
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
United States |
|
| 7 January |
Caxton |
Cargo ship |
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth, Northumberland |
United Kingdom |
For Transatlantic Carriers Ltd.[1] |
| 8 January |
Pinar Del Rio |
Cargo ship |
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Newport |
United Kingdom |
For Baco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[2] |
| 20 January |
Iron Age |
Ore carrier |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Vallum Shipping Co.[3] |
| January |
J.H.C. 800 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4] |
| January |
J.H.C. 801 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4] |
| January |
J.H.C. 803 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4] |
| 1 February |
Seeadler |
Seeadler-class fast attack craft |
|
|
West Germany |
|
| 22 February |
Schleswig-Holstein |
Ferry |
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH |
Husum |
West Germany |
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[5] |
| 22 February |
Pelamida |
Fishing trawler |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For private owner.[6] |
| February |
J.H.C. 802 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For J. H. Coppedge Co.[4] |
| 7 March |
Vestfonn |
Tanker |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Sigval Bergsen.[7] |
| 20 March |
New Mexico |
Tanker |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Texaco Oil Co.[8] |
| 9 April |
Adler |
Fishing trawler |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For private owner.[9] |
| 9 April |
Seskar |
Fishing trawler |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For private owner.[10] |
| 15 April |
Growler |
Grayback-class submarine |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
United States |
|
| 5 May |
Turner Joy |
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company |
Seattle, Washington |
United States |
|
| 15 May |
Tri-Ellis |
Phosphate carrier |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For British Phosphate Carriers.[11] |
| 19 May |
Wakefield |
Coaster |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Associated Humber Lines.[12] |
| 23 May |
Ase Creek |
Tug |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Shell B.P. Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria.[13] |
| 23 May |
Morton |
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
United States |
|
| 26 May |
Skipjack |
Skipjack-class submarine |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
United States |
|
| 30 May |
Somers |
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
United States |
|
| May |
El Dorado |
Submersible |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Ocean Drilling & Exploration.[4] |
| 6 June |
Independence |
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier |
New York Navy Yard |
Brooklyn, New York |
United States |
|
| 7 June |
Edmund Fitzgerald |
Great Lakes freighter |
Great Lakes Engineering Works |
River Rouge, Michigan |
United States |
|
| 18 June |
Trishul |
Whitby-class frigate |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Indian Navy.[14] |
| 19 June |
Minchbank |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Bank Line.[15] |
| 23 June |
Rheinstahl |
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
West Germany |
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga |
| 25 June |
Nitro |
Nitro-class ammunition ship |
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
Sparrows Point, Maryland |
United States |
|
| 26 June |
Bleichen |
Cargo ship |
Nobiskrug Shipyard |
Rendsburg |
West Germany |
Museum ship in Hamburg since 2007 |
| 2 July |
Carrigan Head |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Ulster Steamship Co.[16] |
| 3 July |
Oakington |
Ton-class minesweeper |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[17] |
| 14 July |
Lantic Bay |
Dredger |
Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd. |
Polruan |
United Kingdom |
For Fowey Harbour Commissioners.[18] |
| 16 July |
DhruvaK |
Mooring vessel |
Hindustan Shipyard Limited |
Visakhapatnam |
India |
For Indian Navy |
| 18 July |
Farragut |
Farragut-class destroyer |
Bethlehem Steel |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
United States |
|
| 19 July |
Barbel |
Barbel-class submarine |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
United States |
|
| 29 July |
Arenberg |
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
West Germany |
For Rheinische Stahlwerke/Seereederei Frigga |
| 31 July |
Murasame |
Murasame-class destroyer |
|
|
Japan |
|
| 31 July |
Yudachi |
Murasame-class destroyer |
|
|
Japan |
|
| 1 August |
Cevic |
Fishing trawler |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For Cevic Steam Fishing Ltd.[19] |
| 13 August |
Hans Hedtoft |
Ocean liner |
Frederikshavns Værft |
Frederikshavn |
Denmark |
For Royal Greenland Trading Company |
| 15 August |
King Henry |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For King Line.[20] |
| 16 August |
Seadragon |
Skate-class submarine |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
United States |
|
| 19 August |
Kirpan |
Blackwood-class frigate |
Alexander Stephen and Sons |
Glasgow, Scotland |
United Kingdom |
For Indian Navy |
| 19 August |
Triton |
Unique nuclear-powered submarine |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
United States |
|
| 23 August |
Gorch Fock |
Gorch-Fock-class Training ship |
Blohm + Voss |
Hamburg |
West Germany |
For German Navy |
| 28 August |
Corhaven |
Tanker |
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth, Northumberland |
United Kingdom |
For William Cory & Son Ltd.[21] |
| August |
Chem IV |
Tank barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Commercial Transport Corp.[4] |
| August |
139 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For H. J. Branigan & Co.[4] |
| August |
140 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For H. J. Branigan & Co.[4] |
| August |
Unnamed |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For City of Mobile.[4] |
| 14 September |
Rotterdam |
Ocean liner |
Rotterdam Drydock Company |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
For Holland America Line |
| 23 September |
Bulimba |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For British India Steam Navigation Company.[22] |
| 30 September |
Yarra |
River-class destroyer escort |
Williamstown Naval Dockyard |
Williamstown, Victoria |
Australia |
|
| 11 October |
Presidente Juscelino |
Fronape-class oil tanker |
Verolme United Dockyards |
Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
[23] |
| 14 October |
Kuthar |
Blackwood-class frigate |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
United Kingdom |
For Indian Navy |
| 16 October |
Advice |
Confiance-class tug |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[24] |
| 16 October |
Melrose Abbey |
Cargo liner |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For Associated Humber Lines Ltd.[25] |
| 28 October |
Torrey Canyon |
Tanker |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Norfolk, Virginia |
United States |
For Barracuda Tanker Corporation |
| 2 November |
Y.C.482 |
Lighter |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Admiralty.[26] |
| 5 November |
Pyro |
Nitro-class ammunition ship |
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard |
Sparrows Point, Maryland |
United States |
|
| 8 November |
Dumbleton |
Ton-class minesweeper |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[27] |
| 8 November |
Otto Springorum |
Bulk carrier |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
West Germany |
For Partenreederei „Otto Springorum“ / Seereederei Frigga |
| 12 November |
Las Vilas |
Cargo ship |
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Newport |
United Kingdom |
For Banco Cubano del Comercio Exterior.[28] |
| 20 November |
Harpalycus |
Cargo ship |
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd |
Blyth, Northumberland |
United Kingdom |
For National Steamship Co. Ltd.[29] |
| 22 November |
Bonefish |
Barbel-class submarine |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
United States |
|
| 27 November |
British Statesman |
Tanker |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For British Tanker Company.[30] |
| 28 November |
Sand Grebe |
Dredger |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[31] |
| 30 November |
Dewey |
Farragut-class destroyer |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
United States |
|
| 2 December |
Leeds |
Coaster |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Associated Humber Lines.[32] |
| 6 December |
Coontz |
Farragut-class destroyer |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
United States |
|
| 6 December |
King |
Farragut-class destroyer |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
United States |
|
| 7 December |
Leonardo da Vinci |
Ocean liner |
Ansaldo Shipyards |
Genoa |
Italy |
For Italian Line |
| 10 December |
Packington |
Ton-class minesweeper |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy. |
| 11 December |
Luce |
Farragut-class destroyer |
Fore River Shipyard |
Quincy, Massachusetts |
United States |
|
| 12 December |
Manchester Miller |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Manchester Liners Ltd.[33] |
| 30 December |
Rosebank |
Cargo ship |
Harland & Wolff |
Belfast |
United Kingdom |
For Bank Line.[34] |
| Unknown date |
CBC 131 |
Barge |
Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company |
Mobile, Alabama |
United States |
For Canal Barge Co. Inc. (1962).[4] |
| Unknown date |
Conservancy |
Survey ship |
Brooke Marine Ltd. |
Lowestoft |
United Kingdom |
For Humber Conservancy Board.[35] |
| Unknown date |
Enterprise |
Echo-class survey ship |
M. W. Blackmore & Sons Ltd. |
Bideford |
United Kingdom |
For Royal Navy.[36] |
| Unknown date |
Krabei Shell |
Tug |
J. Bolson & Son Ltd. |
Poole |
United Kingdom |
For Sociètè Shell du Cambodge.[37] |