List of ship launches in 1964

The list of ship launches in 1964 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1964.

Date Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
9 January  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Hobart Perth-class destroyer For Royal Australian Navy
14 January  West Germany Nobiskrug Rendsburg Prins Bertil ferry For Lion Ferry[1]
17 January  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Oslo Oslo-class frigate
27 January  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Hazelbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[2]
1 February  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Casimir Pulaski James Madison-class submarine
15 February  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Edward McDonnell Garcia-class frigate
20 February  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden KNM Kya Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
27 February  United Kingdom William Denny and Brothers / Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd. Dumbarton / Linthouse Melbrook Cargo ship For J. A. Billmeir Ltd.[3]
25 March  United Kingdom HMNB Devonport Devonport Cleopatra Leander-class frigate
26 March  United States Bethlehem Steel San Francisco, California Bradley Garcia-class frigate
4 April  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Greenling Permit-class submarine
4 April  West Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Klaar Kiming ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4]
26 April  East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Alexandr Pushkin Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Baltic Shipping Company
28 April  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Sample Garcia-class frigate
25 April  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden KNM Kobben Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
26 April  East Germany V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft Wismar Aleksander Pushkin Ivan Franko-class passenger ship For Baltic Shipping Company[5]
30 April  Japan Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ōshio Ōshio-class submarine
11 May  United Kingdom Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Troon Bowbelle Suction dredger For F Bowles & Sons Ltd
11 May  France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Junon Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
12 May  United States Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine Nathanael Greene James Madison-class submarine
12 May Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd. Victoria Queen of New Westminster 'Burnaby-class ferry For BC Ferries[6]
14 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Gato Permit-class submarine
21 May  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia America Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
6 June  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Brumby Garcia-class frigate
25 June  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Irisbank Cargo ship For Bank Line.[7]
27 June  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Austin Austin-class amphibious transport dock
27 June  United States New York Naval Shipyard Brooklyn, New York Ogden Austin-class amphibious transport dock
30 June  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Jouett Belknap-class cruiser
30 June  United States Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington Sterett Belknap-class cruiser
30 June Canada Canada Victoria Machinery Depot Victoria, British Columbia Queen of Nanaimo Burnaby-class ferry For BC Ferries
9 July  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle Upon Tyne Glamorgan County-class destroyer
9 July  United Kingdom Fairfield SB&E Co. Glasgow Fife County-class destroyer
16 July  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden KNM Kunna Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
6 August  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Texaco Maracaibo Tanker For Texaco (Panama) Inc.[8]
22 August  United States Philadelphia Navy Yard Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Guam Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
22 August  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Simon Bolivar Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
4 September  Norway Karljohansvern Horten Trondheim Oslo-class frigate
22 September  United Kingdom HMNB Portsmouth Portsmouth Sirius Leander-class frigate
23 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast British Vine Tanker For British Tanker Company.[9]
24 September  France Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales Cherbourg Vénus Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
2 October  United States Avondale Shipyard Avondale, Louisiana Davidson Garcia-class frigate
10 October  United States Sun Shipbuilding Chester, Pennsylvania Shenandoah oiler
16 October  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden KNM Kaura Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
30 October  United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Horne Belknap-class cruiser
21 November  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards San Pedro, California Fox Belknap-class cruiser
21 November  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Lewis and Clark Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
1 December  Finland Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard Helsinki, Finland Finnhansa ferry for Finnlines
5 December  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
19 December  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle Minerva Leander-class frigate
19 December  United States Lockheed Shipbuilding Seattle, Washington Albert David Garcia-class frigate
19 December  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine William H. Standley Belknap-class cruiser
19 December  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Truxtun Truxtun-class cruiser
19 December  West Germany Nordseewerke Emden KNM Ula Kobben-class submarine For Royal Norwegian Navy
Date uncertain  West Germany Howaldtswerke Kiel Otto Hahn Nuclear-powered cargo ship

References
  1. "M/S Prins Bertil". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  2. "Hazelbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  3. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
  4. "M/S Klaar Kiming". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  5. "M/S Aleksander Pushkin". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  6. "M/S Queen of New Westminster". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. "Irisbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. "Texaco Maracaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. "British Vine". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
Sources
  • Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
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