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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
4 February  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole B.P. Al-Rhoda Tank barge For BP (Aden) Ltd.[2]
13 February  Japan Onami Ayanami-class destroyer
15 February  United Kingdom Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Newport Habana Cargo ship For Oficina de Fomento Maritimo Cubano.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
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
29 March  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Plumleaf Leaf-class tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[6]
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.[7]
13 April  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Arlanza Refrigerated cargo liner For Royal Mail Lines.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10]
6 July  United Kingdom Brazen Island Shipyard Ltd. Polruan Vendome Coaster For Lockett Wilson Line Ltd.[11]
7 July  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Midhurst Tanker For Stephenson Clarke Ltd.[12]
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
20 July  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Knightsgarth Bulk carrier For St. DenisShipping Co. Ltd.[13]
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.[14]
6 September  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Bamora Cargo ship For British India Steam Navigation Company.[15]
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.[16]
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.[17]
19 September  United Kingdom Devonport Dockyard Devonport Tartar Tribal-class frigate
20 September  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Fernhurst Tanker For Stephenson Clarke Ltd.[18]
22 September  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Loch Eriboll Fishing trawler For Loch Fishing Co.[19]
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[20]
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.[21]
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
15 November  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Triton Ferry For private owner.[22]
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.[23]
14 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Clyde Launch For Clyde Navigation Trust.[24]
20 December  United Kingdom Harland & Wolff Belfast Norsk Drott Tanker For Norsk Braendselojle A/S.[25]
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
12 December  Netherlands Gebroeders Pot N. V. Bolnes Theron [26]
19 December  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Esso Dover Tanker For Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.[27]
20 December  United Kingdom Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland Pass of Melfort Tanker For Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd.[28]
Unknown date  United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Corona Tender For private owner.[29]
Unknown date  United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole O.L.980 Tank barge For Compagnia Shell de Venezuela.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "William Wheelwright". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  2. ^ "B.P. Al-Rhoda". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Habana". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Tresfonn". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Barpeta". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Plumleaf". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  7. ^ "M / S Prinsesse Anne-Marie". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. ^ "Arlanza". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Daghestan". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Icenic". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Vendome". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Midhurst". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Knightsgarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Edward Stevinson". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  15. ^ "Bamora". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  16. ^ "M/S Amrum". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  17. ^ Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. pp. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
  18. ^ "Fernhurst". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Loch Eriboll". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  20. ^ "DNV GL: Hauke Haien". Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  21. ^ "Avonbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  22. ^ "Triton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Krossfon". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  24. ^ "Clyde". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  25. ^ "Norsk Drott". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  26. ^ "THERON - ID 6525". Maritiem Historische Databank.
  27. ^ "Esso Dover". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  28. ^ "Pass of Melfort". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
  29. ^ "Corona". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  30. ^ "O.L.980". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
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