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
15 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast William Wheelwright Tanker For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[1]
18 January  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley Arctic Cavalier Trawler For Boyd Line.
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 Trawler for Boyd Line
1 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Tresfonn Bulk carrier For Sigval Bergsen.[2]
6 March  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania William V. Pratt Farragut-class destroyer
10 March  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Barpeta Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[3]
16 March  United Kingdom Cook, Welton & Gemmell Beverley, East Yorkshire Royalist Trawler for Hewett Fishing Company
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 Canberra Ocean liner For P&O
20 March  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Eskimo Tribal-class frigate
26 March  West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
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.[4]
13 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arlanza Refrigerated cargo liner For Royal Mail Lines.[5]
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  West Germany Hitzler Werft Lauenburg Eisvogel Eisvogel-class Icebreaker For German Navy
5 May  West 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 Compagnie Générale Transatlantique
14 May  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Abraham Lincoln George Washington-class submarine
14 May  France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Doris Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
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
25 May  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Daghestan Ore carrier For Hindustan Shipping Co.[6]
9 June  West 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
23 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Icenic Refrigerated cargo ship For Shaw Savill Line.[7]
9 July  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Thresher Thresher-class submarine
11 July  United Kingdom John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton Gurkha Tribal-class frigate
23 July  France Foch Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier Second launching
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  West Germany H. C. Stülcken Sohn Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg-class destroyer For German Navy
24 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Edward Stevinson Tanker For Stevinson, Hardy & Co.[8]
6 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bamora Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[9]
6 September  United Kingdom Portsmouth Dockyard Portsmouth Nubian Tribal-class frigate
9 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Sellers Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
16 September  West Germany Büsumer Schiffswerft W. & E. Sielaff Büsum Amrum Ferry For Amrumer Schiffahrts AG.[10]
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 Alexandra Watson Lifeboat For Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[11]
19 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Tartar Tribal-class frigate
24 September  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Enterprise Unique nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
28 September  West Germany Büsumer Schiffswerft W. & E. Sielaff Büsum Amrum Passenger ship For Amrumer Schiffahrts-AG.
IMO 5015311[12]
4 October  France Dubigeon Nantes Diane Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
6 October  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Avonbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[13]
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
23 November  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Krossfon Bulk carrier For Sigval Bergsen.[14]
14 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Clyde Launch For Clyde Navigation Trust.[15]
20 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Norsk Drott Tanker For Norsk Braendselojle A/S.[16]
21 December  France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Flore Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
10 December  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Barney Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

References
  1. "William Wheelwright". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. "Tresfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. "Barpeta". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "M / S Prinsesse Anne-Marie". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. "Arlanza". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. "Daghestan". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  7. "Icenic". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. "Edward Stevinson". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. "Bamora". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. "M/S Amrum". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  11. Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. pp. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
  12. "DNV GL: Hauke Haien". Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  13. "Avonbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. "Krossfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  15. "Clyde". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. "Norsk Drott". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
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