List of ship launches in 1954
The list of ship launches in 1954 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1954.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class / type |
Notes |
| 21 January |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Iberia |
Himalaya-class ocean liner |
For P&O |
| 21 January |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Nautilus |
Unique nuclear-powered submarine |
|
| 9 February |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Thomaston |
Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
First in class |
| 12 February |
Canada |
Marine Industries Limited |
Sorel, Quebec |
Assiniboine |
St. Laurent-class destroyer |
|
| 13 February |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Grafton |
Blackwood-class frigate |
|
| 17 February |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Saxonia |
Saxonia-class ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
| 11 March |
United Kingdom |
Berthon Boat Company |
|
Mickleham |
Ham-class minesweeper |
|
| 3 May |
Australia |
Williamstown Dockyard |
Melbourne, Victoria |
Vendetta |
Daring-class destroyer |
|
| 7 May |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Plymouth Rock |
Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
|
| 22 May |
United States |
Christy Shipbuilding |
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
LST-1170 |
Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship |
|
| 4 June |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Cromwell |
Dealey-class destroyer escort |
|
| 15 June |
Canada |
Burrard Dry Dock |
Vancouver, British Columbia |
Kootenay |
Restigouche-class destroyer |
|
| 1 July |
United Kingdom |
Harland and Wolff |
Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Torquay |
Whitby-class frigate |
|
| 2 July |
United Kingdom |
Cammell Laird |
Birkenhead, England |
Whitby |
Whitby-class frigate |
First in class |
| 16 July |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Fort Snelling |
Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
|
| 19 July |
United Kingdom |
Bartram & Sons |
Sunderland, England |
Hannington Court |
Cargo ship |
For Court Line |
| 13 August |
United States |
Bellingham Shipyards Co. |
Bellingham, Washington |
Whippoorwill |
Redwing-class minesweeper |
|
| 20 August |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Hammerberg |
Dealey-class destroyer escort |
|
| 31 August |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Keppel |
Blackwood-class frigate |
|
| 28 September |
United States |
Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Point Defiance |
Thomaston-class dock landing ship |
|
| 29 September |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Pellew |
Blackwood-class frigate |
|
| 22 November |
Canada |
Canadian Vickers |
Montreal, Quebec |
Restigouche |
Restigouche-class destroyer |
First in class |
| 10 December |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Russell |
Blackwood-class frigate |
|
| 11 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Forrestal |
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier |
First in class |
| 14 December |
United Kingdom |
John Brown & Company |
Clydebank, Scotland |
Ivernia |
Saxonia-class ocean liner |
For Cunard Line |
See also