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The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
9 January
|
United States
|
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
|
Vallejo, California
|
Halibut
|
Unique nuclear-powered submarine
|
|
18 January
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Anita Thyssen
|
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
|
For Seereederei Frigga, Hamburg
|
22 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bankura
|
Cargo ship
|
For British India Steam Navigation Company.[1]
|
27 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ashbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[2]
|
31 January
|
Australia
|
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
|
Sydney, New South Wales
|
Parramatta
|
River-class destroyer escort
|
|
11 February
|
West Germany
|
Burmester shipyard
|
Bremen-Burg
|
Cuxhaven
|
Lindau-class minesweeper
|
For German Navy
|
17 February
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard
|
Sparrows Point, Maryland
|
Haleakala
|
Nitro-class ammunition ship
|
|
26 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ulster Star
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Blue Star Line.[3]
|
9 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Ashanti
|
Tribal-class frigate
|
|
19 March
|
Sweden
|
Oskarshamns varv
|
Oskarshamn
|
Bore
|
Ferry
|
For Steamship Company Bore
|
19 March
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Essiflora
|
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
|
For Björn Ruud-Pedersen
|
21 March
|
West Germany
|
|
|
Emden
|
Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
|
|
26 March
|
West Germany
|
Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH
|
Husum
|
Rüm Hart
|
ferry
|
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4]
|
6 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Fairfield Shipbuilding
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Lincoln
|
Salisbury-class frigate
|
|
9 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Somers Isle
|
Cargo ship
|
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[5]
|
22 April
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Henry B. Wilson
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
|
23 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird
|
Birkenhead
|
Cheshire
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bibby Line
|
23 April
|
United States
|
Todd Pacific Shipyards
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Towers
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
|
16 May
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Blueback
|
Barbel-class submarine
|
|
21 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Eskfield
|
Tanker
|
For Hunting & Sons.[6]
|
22 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Power
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[7]
|
23 May
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Preble
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
25 May
|
Japan
|
|
|
Oyashio
|
Oyashio-class submarine
|
|
5 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Pinebank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[8]
|
9 June
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
George Washington
|
George Washington-class submarine
|
|
18 June
|
Japan
|
|
|
Harusame
|
Murasame-class destroyer
|
|
20 June
|
France
|
Dubigeon
|
Nantes
|
Daphné
|
Daphné-class submarine
|
For French Navy
|
23 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Hawthorn Leslie
|
Hebburn
|
Royston Grange
|
Refrigerated cargo liner
|
For Houlder Line
|
23 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Cammell Laird
|
Birkenhead
|
Windsor Castle
|
Ocean liner
|
For Union-Castle Line
|
24 June
|
Japan
|
|
|
Teruzuki
|
Akizuki-class destroyer
|
|
26 June
|
Japan
|
|
|
Akizuki
|
Akizuki-class destroyer
|
|
1 July
|
West Germany
|
Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim
|
Mannheim
|
L 830
|
Type Mannheim 59 ferry
|
For Flusspioniere
|
7 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Amazon
|
Passenger ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[9]
|
8 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
York
|
Coaster
|
For Associated Humber Lines.[10]
|
9 July
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Macdonough
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
14 July
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Long Beach
|
Long Beach-class cruiser
|
|
18 July
|
France
|
|
|
Foch
|
Clemenceau-class aircraft carrier
|
First launching
|
21 July
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Savannah
|
Nuclear-powered cargo ship
|
For United States Maritime Administration
|
28 July
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Lynde McCormick
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
|
8 August
|
Japan
|
|
|
Takanami
|
Ayanami-class destroyer
|
|
15 August
|
West Germany
|
Stülcken & Sohn
|
Hamburg
|
Augsburg
|
Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
|
|
17 August
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Parsons
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
19 August
|
New Zealand
|
J. Samuel White & Co.
|
Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
Taranaki
|
Modified Rothesay-class frigate
|
|
8 September
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Charles F. Adams
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
|
22 September
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Patrick Henry
|
George Washington-class submarine
|
|
3 October
|
United States
|
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
|
Vallejo, California
|
Theodore Roosevelt
|
George Washington-class submarine
|
|
7 October
|
United States
|
San Francisco Naval Shipyard
|
San Francisco, California
|
Mahan
|
Farragut-class destroyer
|
|
20 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Aragon
|
Cargo liner
|
For Royal Mail Lines.[11]
|
24 October
|
West Germany
|
|
|
Karlsruhe
|
Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
|
|
24 October
|
Sweden
|
Kockums
|
Malmö
|
Esso Brussels
|
Tanker
|
For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA
|
3 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Mallard
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[12]
|
3 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrong
|
Barrow-in-Furness
|
Oriana
|
Ocean liner
|
For Orient Line
|
15 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Berwick
|
Rothesay-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.
|
18 December
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Robert E. Lee
|
George Washington-class submarine
|
|
29 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Gull
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[13]
|
29 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Elmbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[14]
|
29 December
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Scorpion
|
Skipjack-class submarine
|
|
Unknown Date
|
West Germany
|
Nordseewerke
|
Emden
|
Betty
|
Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw
|
For Christian F. Bonnevie
|
Unknown Date
|
West Germany
|
Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim
|
Mannheim
|
Harle Riff
|
Type Mannheim 59 ferry
|
For Flusspioniere
|