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The list of ship launches in 1961 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1961.
Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class / type
|
Notes
|
2 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Bryher
|
Fishing trawler
|
For W. H. Podd Ltd.[1]
|
9 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Carlton Queen
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Talisman Trawlers Ltd.[2]
|
17 January
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Transvaal Castle
|
Ocean liner
|
For Union-Castle Line
|
17 January
|
Japan
|
|
|
Isuzu
|
Isuzu-class destroyer escort
|
For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
19 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Cormorant
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[3]
|
31 January
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Gridley
|
Leahy-class cruiser
|
For United States Navy
|
31 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Tindfonn
|
Tanker
|
For Sigval Bergsen.[4]
|
1 February
|
Canada
|
Victoria Machinery Depot
|
Victoria, British Columbia
|
Saskatchewan
|
Mackenzie-class destroyer
|
For Royal Canadian Navy
|
2 February
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
Sam Houston
|
Ethan Allen-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
1 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Port Alfred
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Port Line.[5]
|
7 March
|
Japan
|
|
|
Mogami
|
Isuzu-class destroyer escort
|
For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
7 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Wilronwood
|
Fishing trawler
|
For Wilronwood Fishing Co. Ltd.[6]
|
16 March
|
United Kingdom
|
John Brown & Company
|
Clydebank
|
Hampshire
|
County-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
17 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Newport
|
Ariadne III
|
Motor yacht
|
For private owner.[7]
|
17 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Newport
|
Chris B
|
Tug
|
For C. H. Bailey Ltd.[8]
|
17 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
George Peacock
|
Tanker
|
For Pacific Steam Navigation Company.[9]
|
17 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Atlantic Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Newport
|
Sara B
|
Tug
|
For C. H. Bailey Ltd.[10]
|
26 March
|
Soviet Union
|
A.A. Zhdanov
|
Leningrad
|
Groznyy
|
Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser
|
For Soviet Navy
|
29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Bombala
|
Cargo ship
|
For British India Steam Navigation Company.[11]
|
8 April
|
Australia
|
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
|
Sydney, New South Wales
|
Stuart
|
River-class destroyer escort
|
For Royal Australian Navy
|
8 April
|
Australia
|
Williamstown Naval Dockyard
|
Melbourne, Victoria
|
Derwent
|
River-class destroyer escort
|
For Royal Australian Navy
|
13 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Dukesgarth
|
Bulk carrier
|
For St. Denis Shipping Co. Ltd.[12]
|
15 April
|
United States
|
Bethlehem Steel
|
Quincy, Massachusetts
|
Bainbridge
|
Bainbridge-class cruiser
|
For United States Navy
|
28 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Levernbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[13]
|
20 May
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Semmes
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
25 May
|
Canada
|
Canadian Vickers
|
Montreal, Quebec
|
Mackenzie
|
Mackenzie-class destroyer
|
For Royal Canadian Navy
|
31 May
|
France
|
Dubigeon
|
Nantes
|
Minerve
|
Daphné-class submarine
|
For French Navy
|
31 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Port St Lawrence
|
Refrigerated cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[14]
|
15 June
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Coralshell
|
Tanker
|
For Shell Co. of the Bahamas.[15]
|
15 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Patrol
|
Pilot boat
|
For Trinity House.[16]
|
15 June
|
United States
|
Electric Boat
|
Groton, Connecticut
|
Thomas A. Edison
|
Ethan Allen-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
26 June
|
West Germany
|
Lürssen
|
Bremen-Vegesack
|
Neckar
|
Rhine-class tender
|
For German Navy
|
28 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Leander
|
Leander-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
1 July
|
United States
|
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
|
Vallejo, California
|
Permit
|
Permit-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
1 July
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Leahy
|
Leahy-class cruiser
|
For United States Navy
|
2 July
|
Italy
|
Cantieri Riuniti dell' Adriatico
|
Monfalcone
|
Galileo Galilei
|
Ocean liner
|
For Lloyd Triestino
|
15 July
|
United States
|
Newport News Shipbuilding
|
Newport News, Virginia
|
John Marshall
|
Ethan Allen-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
26 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd
|
Blyth, Northumberland
|
Maplehurst
|
Tanker
|
For Stephenson Clarke Ltd.[17]
|
27 July
|
Canada
|
Burrard Dry Dock
|
Vancouver, British Columbia
|
Yukon
|
Mackenzie-class destroyer
|
For Royal Canadian Navy
|
29 July
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Berkeley
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
31 July
|
Japan
|
|
|
Hayashio
|
Hayashio-class submarine
|
For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
24 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Osprey
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[18]
|
24 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Cressington
|
Dredger
|
For British Transport Commission.[19]
|
26 August
|
United States
|
Avondale Shipyard
|
Avondale, Louisiana
|
Tattnall
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
28 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Preceder
|
Pilot boat
|
For Trinity House.[20]
|
28 August
|
United Kingdom
|
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
|
Poole
|
Sand Snipe
|
Dredger
|
For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[21]
|
28 August
|
Japan
|
|
|
Wakashio
|
Hayashio-class submarine
|
For Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
17 September
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Navy Yard
|
Bremerton, Washington
|
Iwo Jima
|
Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
|
For United States Navy
|
22 September
|
France
|
Direction des Constructions et Armes Navales
|
Cherbourg
|
Galatée
|
Daphné-class submarine
|
For French Navy
|
24 September
|
Italy
|
|
|
Guglielmo Marconi
|
Ocean liner
|
For Lloyd Triestino
|
25 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Mincarlo
|
Fishing trawler
|
For W. H. Podd Ltd.[22]
|
27 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland and Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Kent
|
County-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
30 September
|
France
|
Arsenal de Brest
|
Brest, France
|
Jeanne d'Arc
|
Helicopter carrier and cruiser hybrid
|
For French Navy
|
12 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Brooke Marine Ltd.
|
Lowestoft
|
Tom Grant
|
Fishing trawler
|
For private owner.[23]
|
21 October
|
West Germany
|
HDW
|
Kiel
|
U 1
|
Type 201 submarine
|
For German Navy
|
24 October
|
Canada
|
Victoria Machinery Co. Depot Ltd
|
Victoria
|
City of Victoria
|
V-class ferry
|
For BC Ferries[24]
|
26 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Springbank
|
Cargo ship
|
For Bank Line.[25]
|
19 November
|
Soviet Union
|
A.A. Zhdanov
|
Leningrad
|
Admiral Fokin
|
Project 58 Groznyy-class cruiser
|
For Soviet Navy
|
23 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
British Merlin
|
Tanker
|
For British Tanker Company.[26]
|
1 December
|
West Germany
|
Deutsche Werft AG
|
Hamburg-Finkenwerder
|
Cap San Diego
|
Cap-San-class bulk cargo
|
For Hamburg Süd[27]
|
7 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Swan Hunter
|
Wallsend
|
London
|
County-class destroyer
|
For Royal Navy
|
9 December
|
United States
|
Island Naval Shipyard
|
Vallejo, California
|
Plunger
|
Permit-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
9 December
|
United States
|
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
|
Kittery, Maine
|
Tinosa
|
Permit-class submarine
|
For United States Navy
|
9 December
|
United States
|
Bath Iron Works
|
Bath, Maine
|
Harry E. Yarnell
|
Leahy-class cruiser
|
For United States Navy
|
9 December
|
United States
|
New York Shipbuilding
|
Camden, New Jersey
|
Joseph Strauss
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
10 December
|
Canada
|
Marine Industries Limited
|
Sorel, Quebec
|
Nipigon
|
Annapolis-class destroyer
|
For Royal Canadian Navy
|
15 December
|
United States
|
Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock Company
|
Seattle, Washington
|
Goldsborough
|
Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
|
For United States Navy
|
21 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Harland & Wolff
|
Belfast
|
Olivebank
|
Tanker
|
For Bank Line.[28]
|
22 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Yarrow Shipbuilders
|
Glasgow
|
Dido
|
Leander-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
William Gray & Co. Ltd.
|
West Hartlepool
|
Blanchland
|
Bulk carrier
|
For Stephenson Clarke Ltd.
|
Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Clelands (Successors) Ltd.
|
Wallsend
|
Cornishbrook
|
Tug
|
For private owner.
|
- 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.