List of ship launches in 1956

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

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

References
  1. "HMS Confident". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. "HMS Maddiston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  3. "Lappe". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  4. "Solfon". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  5. "Rowanmore". The Yard. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  6. "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  7. "Harvella". The Yard. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  8. "HMS Repton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  9. "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  10. "Flying Duck". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  11. "HMS Maxton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  12. "Ondo". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  13. "Tuscany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  14. de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
  15. "Missouri". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  16. "Scottish Coast". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. "HMS Nurton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. "Albany". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  19. "Storfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  20. "Port Launceston". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  21. "Flying Drake". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  22. "Cloverbank". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
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