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The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
5 January
|
United States
|
Defoe Shipbuilding Company
|
Bay City, Michigan
|
Lester
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
|
12 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Duke of Argyll
|
Ferry
|
For British Railways.
|
17 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Confident
|
Confiance-class tug
|
For Royal Navy.[1]
|
20 January
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Alamo
|
Thomaston-class dock landing ship
|
|
27 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Maddiston
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[2]
|
31 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Lappe
|
Motor lighter
|
For Shell Oil Co.[3]
|
4 February
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
John Willis
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
|
25 February
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Salmon
|
Sailfish-class submarine
|
|
2 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Solfon
|
Tanker
|
For Sigval Bergsen.[4]
|
24 March
|
France
|
Brest Dockyards
|
Brest
|
Colbert
|
Anti-aircraft cruiser
|
|
27 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Rowanmore
|
Cargo ship
|
For Johnston Warren & Co.[5]
|
28 March
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Davis
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
29 March
|
Canada
|
Halifax Shipyards
|
Halifax, Nova Scotia
|
Margaree
|
St. Laurent-class destroyer
|
|
12 April
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Manley
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
19 April
|
West Germany
|
Blohm & Voss
|
Hamburg
|
Ragnvald Jarl
|
Passenger ship
|
For NFDS[6]
|
25 April
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Bridget
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
|
26 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Harvella
|
Tanker
|
For Shell Oil Co.[7]
|
1 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Repton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[8]
|
3 May
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel
|
Sparrows Point, Maryland
|
Mauna Kea
|
Suribachi-class ammunition ship
|
|
9 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Vickers-Armstrongs
|
Newcastle upon Tyne
|
Empress of England
|
Ocean liner
|
For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[9]
|
10 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Stephen and Sons
|
Glasgow, Scotland
|
Palliser
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
|
23 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Flying Duck
|
Tug
|
For Clyde Shipping Co.[10]
|
24 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Maxton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[11]
|
28 May
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Darter
|
Unique submarine
|
|
7 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Ondo
|
Cargo ship
|
For Elder Dempster.[12]
|
19 June
|
Sweden
|
Götaverken
|
Gothenburg
|
7 de Agosto
|
Halland-class destroyer
|
For Colombian Navy
|
19 June
|
West Germany
|
Norderwerft
|
Hamburg
|
Wandsbek
|
Type I ferry
|
For HADAG
|
21 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Tuscany
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[13]
|
12 July
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Hermitage
|
Thomaston-class dock landing ship
|
|
19 July
|
West Germany
|
Scheel & Jöhnk
|
Harburg
|
Jollenführer 1
|
Ferry type 00
|
For HADAG[14][circular reference]
|
28 July
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Van Voorhis
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
|
7 August
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Jonas Ingram
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
7 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Missouri
|
Tanker
|
For Texaco Oil Co.[15]
|
10 August
|
United States
|
Ingalls Shipbuilding
|
Pascagoula, Mississippi
|
Monticello
|
Thomaston-class dock landing ship
|
|
13 August
|
West Germany
|
Ottensener Eisenwerke
|
Hamburg
|
Farmsen
|
Type I ferry
|
For HADAG
|
21 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Scottish Coast
|
Ferry
|
For Coast Lines.[16]
|
5 September
|
United States
|
Boston Naval Shipyard
|
Boston, Massachusetts
|
Suffolk County
|
De Soto County-class tank landing ship
|
|
8 September
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Du Pont
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
29 September
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Ranger
|
Forrestal-class aircraft carrier
|
|
12 October
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Grant County
|
De Soto County-class tank landing ship
|
|
22 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Nurton
|
Ton-class minesweeper
|
For Royal Navy.[17]
|
27 October
|
Australia
|
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
|
Sydney, New South Wales
|
Vampire
|
Daring-class destroyer
|
|
1 November
|
Canada
|
Burrard Dry Dock
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
Columbia
|
Restigouche-class destroyer
|
|
1 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Albany
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Royal Mail Line.[18]
|
20 November
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Samuel White
|
Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
Khukri
|
Blackwood-class frigate
|
For Indian Navy
|
20 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Storfonn
|
Tanker
|
For Sigval Bergsen.[19]
|
21 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Port Launceston
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Port Line.[20]
|
22 November
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank, Scotland
|
Sylvania
|
Saxonia-class ocean liner
|
For Cunard Line
|
24 November
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Hartley
|
Dealey-class destroyer escort
|
|
29 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Flying Drake
|
Tug
|
For Clyde Shipping Co.[21]
|
19 December
|
United States
|
Fore River Shipyard
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Blandy
|
Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
|
|
21 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cloverbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[22]
|