List of ship launches in 1962
The list of ship launches in 1962 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1962.
Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class / type | Notes | |
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9 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Cygnet | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[1] |
15 January | ![]() | San Francisco Naval Shipyard | San Francisco, California | Halsey | Leahy-class cruiser | |
16 January | ![]() | Burrad Dry Dock Co. Ltd. | North Vancouver | City of Vancouver | V-class ferry | For BC Ferries[2] |
25 January | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U 2 | Type 201 submarine | For German Navy |
27 January | ![]() | Rheinwerft Walsum | Walsum | Hiev | Crane vessel | For German Navy |
2 February | ![]() | Hanseatiche Werft | Hamburg | Hansa Express | Ferry | Originally ordered by Rederi Ab Vikinglinjen as Viking II. Contract sold to Finnlines due to bankruptcy of the shipyard.[3] |
3 February | ![]() | Braunschweig | Köln-class (Type 140) frigate | For German Navy | ||
4 February | ![]() | Adler Werft GmbH | Bremen | Julle | For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[4] | |
6 February | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Richard E. Byrd | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
6 February | ![]() | Kröger Werft | Schacht-Audort | Pidder Lyng | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH.[5] |
22 February | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Barb | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
24 February | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Thomas Jefferson | Ethan Allen-class submarine | For United States Navy |
6 March | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | England | Leahy-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
17 March | ![]() | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Raleigh | Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
17 March | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Pollack | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
31 March | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Bronstein | Bronstein-class frigate | For United States Navy |
5 April | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Barrow-in-Furness, England | Mohawk | Tribal-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
5 April | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Regent Liverpool | Tanker | For Texaco Oil Co.[6] |
2 May | ![]() | Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon, Quebec | Qu'Appelle | Mackenzie-class destroyer | For Canadian Navy |
4 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Port Nicholson | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Port Line. |
5 May | ![]() | Rheinwerft Walsum | Walsum | Griep | Crane vessel | For German Navy |
7 May | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U 3 | Type 201 submarine | For German Navy |
8 May | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Lafayette | Lafayette-class submarine | For United States Navy |
12 May | ![]() | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Reeves | Leahy-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
17 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Aigburth | Dredger | For British Transport Commission.[7] |
18 May | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Conyngham | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
31 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ringwood | Cargo ship | For Ringals Rederi A/S.[8] |
2 June | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Worden | Leahy-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
9 June | ![]() | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | McCloy | Bronstein-class frigate | For United States Navy |
19 June | ![]() | Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales | Cherbourg | Eurydice | Daphné-class submarine | For French Navy |
28 June | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Dale | Leahy-class cruiser | For United States Navy |
3 July | ![]() | Alexander Stephen and Sons | Glasgow, Scotland | Zulu | Tribal-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
18 July | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Cochrane | Charles F. Adams-class destroyer | For United States Navy |
18 July | ![]() | A.A. Zhdanov | Leningrad | Admiral Golovko | Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser | For Soviet Navy |
30 July | ![]() | Adler Werft GmbH | Bremen | Kalle | For Juelsminde-Kalundborg Linien[9] | |
4 August | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | James Monroe | Lafayette-class submarine | For United States Navy |
14 August | ![]() | H. C. Stülcken Sohn | Hamburg | Bayern | Hamburg-class destroyer | For German Navy |
16 August | ![]() | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Ajax | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
17 August | ![]() | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England | Penelope | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
18 August | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Alexander Hamilton | Lafayette-class submarine | For United States Navy |
18 August | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Dace | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
18 August | ![]() | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Haddo | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
25 August | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U 4 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
15 September | ![]() | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo, California | Andrew Jackson | Lafayette-class submarine | For United States Navy |
15 September | ![]() | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Vancouver | Raleigh-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
16 September | ![]() | Ansaldo Shipyards | Genoa | Michelangelo | Ocean liner | For Italian Line |
18 September | ![]() | Natsushio | Natsushio-class submarine | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | ||
26 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belisland | Cargo ship | For Belships Co.[10] |
28 September | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Lancer | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[11] |
17 October | ![]() | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | HMS Otus | Oberon-class submarine | For Royal Navy |
20 November | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U 5 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
28 November | ![]() | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Aurora | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
28 November | ![]() | Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd | Victoria | Queen of Saanich | V-class ferry | For BC Ferries[12] |
30 November | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Henry Clay | Lafayette-class submarine | For United States Navy |
14 December | ![]() | Fuyushio | Natsushio-class submarine | For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | ||
Unknown date | ![]() | Ardrossan Dockyard Ltd. | Ardrossan | Buffalo | coaster | For Coast Lines.[13] |
References
- ^ "British Merlin". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S City of Vancvouver". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Hansa Express (1962)" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
- ^ "M/S Julle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "M/S Pidder Lyng". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "Regent Liverpool". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Aigburth". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Ringwood". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Kalle". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "Belsisland". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "British Lancer". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Queen of Saanich". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 227.
- 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.