List of ship launches in 1963
The list of ship launches in 1963 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1963.
|
Country |
Builder |
Location |
Ship |
Class |
Notes |
8 January |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Benjamin Stoddert |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
12 January |
United States |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
John Adams |
Lafayette-class submarine |
|
12 January |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Nathan Hale |
Lafayette-class submarine |
|
15 January |
Italy |
Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico |
Monfalcone |
Oceanic |
Cruise ship |
For Home Lines |
22 January |
Canada |
Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. |
North Vancouver |
Queen of Esquimals |
V-class ferry |
For BC Ferries[1] |
30 January |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
U 6 |
Type 205 submarine |
For German Navy |
February |
United Kingdom |
N Holmans & Sons |
Penzance, Cornwall |
Primrose |
Tug |
First ship to be launched at Penzance in nearly 100 years[2] |
22 February |
United States |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Vallejo, California |
Woodrow Wilson |
Lafayette-class submarine |
|
26 February |
United States |
Todd Pacific Shipyards |
Seattle, Washington |
Waddell |
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer |
|
2 March |
Germany |
Rolandwerft GmbH |
Bremen |
Wilhelmshaven |
|
For Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Jade" GmbH[3] |
15 March |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
James Madison |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
16 March |
United States |
Philadelphia Navy Yard |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Guadalcanal |
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship |
|
24 March |
Italy |
Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico |
Monfalcone |
Raffaello |
Ocean liner |
For Italian Line |
6 April |
United States |
New York Shipbuilding |
Camden, New Jersey |
Richmond K. Turner |
Leahy-class cruiser |
|
10 April |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
U 7 |
Type 205 submarine |
For German Navy |
24 April |
United States |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard |
Kittery, Maine |
Jack |
Permit-class submarine |
|
27 April |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Daniel Webster |
Lafayette-class submarine |
|
27 April |
Canada |
Halifax Shipyards |
Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Annapolis |
Annapolis-class destroyer |
|
4 May |
Germany |
H. C. Stülcken Sohn |
Hamburg |
Hessen |
Hamburg-class destroyer |
For German Nany |
23 May |
United Kingdom |
Swan Hunter |
Wallsend, England |
Galatea |
Leander-class frigate |
|
6 June |
United Kingdom |
Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering |
Greenock, Scotland |
Euryalus |
Leander-class frigate |
|
15 June |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Mars |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
15 June |
East Germany |
V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft |
Wismar |
Ivan Franko |
Ivan Franko-class passenger ship |
For Black Sea Shipping Company |
15 June |
Japan |
|
|
Ohi |
Isuzu-class destroyer escort |
|
19 June |
Germany |
HDW |
Kiel |
U 8 |
Type 205 submarine |
For German Navy |
21 June |
Japan |
|
|
Kitakami |
Isuzu-class destroyer escort |
|
22 June |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Flasher |
Permit-class submarine |
|
22 June |
United States |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Vallejo, California |
Daniel Boone |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
22 June |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
John C. Calhoun |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
22 June |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Tecumseh |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
19 July |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Brooke |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
20 July |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Belknap |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
3 August |
United States |
New York Naval Shipyard |
Brooklyn, New York |
La Salle |
Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock |
|
10 August |
United States |
National Steel & Shipbuilding |
San Diego, California |
Sylvania |
Mars-class combat stores ship |
|
14 September |
United States |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Bremerton, Washington |
Sacramento |
Sacramento-class fast combat support ship |
|
26 September |
United States |
Defoe Shipbuilding Company |
Bay City, Michigan |
Perth |
Perth-class destroyer |
For Royal Australian Navy |
5 October |
Japan |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
|
Amatsukaze |
Amatsukaze-class destroyer |
|
15 October |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Ramsey |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
18 October |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Von Steuben |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
29 October |
Denmark |
Aalborg Værft A/S |
Aalborg |
Prinsesse Elisabeth |
ferry |
For DSB Färjedivision[4] |
31 October |
United States |
Bethlehem Steel |
San Francisco, California |
Garcia |
Garcia-class frigate |
|
1 November |
United Kingdom |
Hawthorn Leslie and Company |
Hebburn, Northumberland |
Cambridge Ferry |
Train ferry |
For British Railways Board |
2 November |
United States |
Electric Boat |
Groton, Connecticut |
Ulysses S. Grant |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
4 November |
United Kingdom |
Yarrow Shipbuilders |
Glasgow, Scotland |
Naiad |
Leander-class frigate |
|
5 November |
United Kingdom |
J. Samuel White |
Cowes, Isle of Wight |
Arethusa |
Leander-class frigate |
|
30 November |
United States |
Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
Vallejo, California |
Stonewall Jackson |
James Madison-class submarine |
|
30 November |
Germany |
Nordseewerke |
Emden |
KNM Kinn |
Kobben-class submarine |
For Royal Norwegian Navy# |
2 December |
United States |
Bath Iron Works |
Bath, Maine |
Josephus Daniels |
Belknap-class cruiser |
|
3 December |
United Kingdom |
Vickers-Armstrongs |
|
Valiant |
Valiant-class submarine |
|
3 Dezcember |
Canada |
Victoria Machinery Depot Co. Ltd |
Victoria |
Queen of Nanaimo |
'Burnaby-class ferry |
For BC Ferries[5] |
7 December |
United States |
Lockheed Shipbuilding |
Seattle, Washington |
Schofield |
Brooke-class frigate |
|
17 December |
Sweden |
Sölvesborg Varv Ab |
Sölvesborg |
Apollo |
Ferry |
For Rederi AB Slite |
20 December |
United States |
Newport News Shipbuilding |
Newport News, Virginia |
Sam Rayburn |
James Madison-class submarine |
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