List of ship launches in 1964
The list of ship launches in 1964 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1964.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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9 January | United States | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Hobart | Perth-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
14 January | West Germany | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Prins Bertil | ferry | For Lion Ferry[1] |
17 January | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Oslo | Oslo-class frigate | |
27 January | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Hazelbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[2] |
1 February | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Casimir Pulaski | James Madison-class submarine | |
15 February | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Edward McDonnell | Garcia-class frigate | |
20 February | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Kya | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
27 February | United Kingdom | William Denny and Brothers / Alex Stephen & Sons Ltd. | Dumbarton / Linthouse | Melbrook | Cargo ship | For J. A. Billmeir Ltd.[3] |
25 March | United Kingdom | HMNB Devonport | Devonport | Cleopatra | Leander-class frigate | |
26 March | United States | Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco, California | Bradley | Garcia-class frigate | |
4 April | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Greenling | Permit-class submarine | |
4 April | West Germany | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Klaar Kiming | ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4] |
26 April | East Germany | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Alexander Pushkin | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Baltic Shipping Company |
28 April | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Sample | Garcia-class frigate | |
25 April | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Kobben | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
26 April | East Germany | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Aleksandr Pushkin | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Baltic Shipping Company[5] |
30 April | Japan | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Ōshio | Ōshio-class submarine | ||
11 May | United Kingdom | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Troon | Bowbelle | Suction dredger | For F Bowles & Sons Ltd |
11 May | France | Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales | Cherbourg | Junon | Daphné-class submarine | For French Navy |
12 May | United States | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery, Maine | Nathanael Greene | James Madison-class submarine | |
12 May | Canada | Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd. | Victoria | Queen of New Westminster | 'Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries[6] |
14 May | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Gato | Permit-class submarine | |
21 May | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | America | Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier | |
6 June | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Brumby | Garcia-class frigate | |
25 June | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Irisbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[7] |
27 June | United States | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Austin | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | |
27 June | United States | New York Naval Shipyard | Brooklyn, New York | Ogden | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | |
30 June | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Jouett | Belknap-class cruiser | |
30 June | United States | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Sterett | Belknap-class cruiser | |
30 June | Canada | Victoria Machinery Depot | Victoria, British Columbia | Queen of Nanaimo | Burnaby-class ferry | For BC Ferries |
9 July | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle Upon Tyne | Glamorgan | County-class destroyer | |
9 July | United Kingdom | Fairfield SB&E Co. | Glasgow | Fife | County-class destroyer | |
16 July | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Kunna | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
6 August | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Texaco Maracaibo | Tanker | For Texaco (Panama) Inc.[8] |
22 August | United States | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Guam | Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship | |
22 August | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Simon Bolivar | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
4 September | Norway | Karljohansvern | Horten | Trondheim | Oslo-class frigate | |
22 September | United Kingdom | HMNB Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Sirius | Leander-class frigate | |
23 September | United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Vine | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[9] |
24 September | France | Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales | Cherbourg | Vénus | Daphné-class submarine | For French Navy |
2 October | United States | Avondale Shipyard | Avondale, Louisiana | Davidson | Garcia-class frigate | |
10 October | United States | Sun Shipbuilding | Chester, Pennsylvania | Shenandoah | oiler | |
16 October | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Kaura | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
30 October | United States | San Francisco Naval Shipyard | San Francisco, California | Horne | Belknap-class cruiser | |
21 November | United States | Todd Pacific Shipyards | San Pedro, California | Fox | Belknap-class cruiser | |
21 November | United States | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Lewis and Clark | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
1 December | Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard | Helsinki, Finland | Finnhansa | ferry | for Finnlines |
5 December | United States | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | |
19 December | United Kingdom | Vickers-Armstrongs | Newcastle | Minerva | Leander-class frigate | |
19 December | United States | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Albert David | Garcia-class frigate | |
19 December | United States | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | William H. Standley | Belknap-class cruiser | |
19 December | United States | New York Shipbuilding | Camden, New Jersey | Truxtun | Truxtun-class cruiser | |
19 December | West Germany | Nordseewerke | Emden | KNM Ula | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
Date uncertain | West Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Otto Hahn | Nuclear-powered cargo ship |
References
- ^ "M/S Prins Bertil". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Hazelbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 49.
- ^ "M/S Klaar Kiming". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "M/S Aleksander Pushkin". Retrieved 2017-09-26.
- ^ "M/S Queen of New Westminster". Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ "Irisbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Texaco Maracaibo". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "British Vine". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- 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.