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The list of ship launches in 1969 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1969 . In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.
Date
Country
Builder
Location
Ship
Class and type
Notes
1 January
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Milwaukee
Wichita -class replenishment oiler
For United States Navy
4 January
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia
Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge -class command ship
For United States Navy
4 January
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia
Manitowoc
Newport -class tank landing ship
For United States Navy
4 January
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News
St. Louis
Charleston -class amphibious cargo ship
For United States Navy
4 January
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale
W. S. Sims
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
16 January
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
P.A.S. 1506
Tanker barge
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 1]
20 January
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Oilwell
Naval tanker
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 2]
January
United Kingdom
Keith, Nelson & Co.
Bembridge
Kawkab
Kawkab -class patrol craft
For United Arab Emirates Navy .
January
United Kingdom
Keith, Nelson & Co.
Bembridge
Thoaban
Kawkab -class patrol craft
For United Arab Emirates Navy .
1 February
United States
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
Rommel
Lütjens -class destroyer
For United States Navy
2 February
United States
Schleswig-Holstein
ferry
For Reederei & Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße[ 4]
18 February
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Oilman
Naval tanker
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 5]
3 March
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
P.A.S. 1507
Tank barge
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 6]
5 March
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend
Vortigern
Combined train and RO-RO ferry
For British Railways Board
6 March
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Hoveringham IV
Dredger
For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[ 7]
8 March
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
Frederick
Newport -class tank landing ship
United States
18 March
United Kingdom
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Aino
Bulk carrier
For C. H. Sorensen.[ 8]
March
France
Dubegion-Normandie
Nantes
Maria Van Riebeeck
Daphné -class submarine
For South African Navy
2 April
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Husky
Dog-class tug
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 9]
3 April
United Kingdom
Burntisland Shipbuilding Company
Burntisland
Helen Miller
Cargo ship
For St. Vincent Shipping Co.
3 April
United Kingdom
J. Bolson & Son Ltd.
Poole
Sand Swan
Dredger
For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[ 11]
12 April
United States
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, California
Hawkbill
Sturgeon -class submarine
For United States Navy
15 April
United Kingdom
Yarrows
Scotstoun
Diomede
Leander -class frigate
For Royal Navy
15 April
Soviet Union
Severnaya Verf
Leningrad
Admiral Nakhimov
Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship
For Soviet Navy
21 April
United Kingdom
Brooke Marine Ltd .
Lowestoft
Garian
Patrol boat
For Libyan Navy .[ 12]
29 April
Finland
Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard
Helsinki
Annie Johnson
Container ship
Rederi AB Nordstjernan
2 May
United States
Lockheed
Seattle, Washington
Rathburne
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
3 May
United States
Todd Shipyards
San Pedro, California
Harold E. Holt
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
3 May
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale
Patterson
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
15 May
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Saluki
Dog-class tug
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 13]
16 May
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Brackengarth
Firefighting tug
For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[ 14]
17 May
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News
El Paso
Charleston -class amphibious cargo ship
For United States Navy
17 May
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Flying Fish
Sturgeon -class submarine
For United States Navy
24 May
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Inchon
Iwo Jima -class amphibious assault ship
For United States Navy
24 May
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
Schenectady
Newport -class tank landing ship
For United States Navy
29 May
United Kingdom
Brooke Marine Ltd .
Lowestoft
Khawlan
Patrol boat
For Libyan Navy .[ 15]
1 June
United States
Fore River Shipyard
Quincy, Massachusetts
Kansas City
Wichita -class replenishment oiler
For United States Navy
3 June
United States
Störtebeker
Ferry
For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[ 16]
14 June
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale
Vreeland
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
21 June
United States
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Bremerton, Washington
Detroit
Sacramento -class fast combat support ship
For United States Navy
27 June
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Hoveringham V
Dredger
For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[ 17]
30 June
United Kingdom
Swan Hunter
Wallsend
Bristol
Type 82 destroyer
For Royal Navy
1 July
United States
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Pascagoula, Mississippi
Mormacsun
Roll-on/roll-off vessel
Moore-McCormack Lines
12 July
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
Cayuga
Newport -class tank landing ship
For United States Navy
31 July
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Setter
Dog-class tug
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 18]
July
France
Toulon
Shushuk
Daphné -class submarine
For Pakistani Navy
July
United Kingdom
Keith, Nelson & Co.
Bembridge
Bani Yas
Kawkab -class patrol craft
For United Arab Emirates Navy .
16 August
United States
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo, California
Pintado
Sturgeon -class submarine
18 August
United Kingdom
Cammell Laird
Birkenhead
Conqueror
Churchill -class submarine
For Royal Navy
23 August
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale
Blakely
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
3 September
United Kingdom
Brooke Marine Ltd .
Lowestoft
Sabratha
Patrol boat
For Libyan Navy .[ 19]
6 September
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
Tuscaloosa
Newport -class tank landing ship
For United States Navy
15 September
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Sheepdog
Dog-class tug
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 20]
25 September
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Hollygarth
Firefighting tug
For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[ 21]
27 September
United States
Electric Boat
Groton, Connecticut
Trepang
Sturgeon -class submarine
For United States Navy
27 September
Japan
Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Yokohama
Acadia Forest
Lighter aboard ship
First LASH-ship in the world
14 October
United Kingdom
Brooke Marine Ltd .
Lowestoft
Brunswick
Edenton -class salvage and rescue ship
For United States Navy .[ 22]
23 October
United States
Todd Pacific Shipyards
Seattle, Washington
Marvin Shields
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
24 October
France
Emily Hobhouse
Daphné -class submarine
For South African Navy
25 October
United Kingdom
Brooke Marine Ltd .
Lowestoft
Merawa
Patrol boat
For Libyan Navy .[ 23]
1 November
United States
Avondale Shipyard
Avondale
Trippe
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
11 November
United States
Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News
Sand Lance
Sturgeon -class submarine
For United States Navy
15 November
Japan
Murakumo
Minegumo -class destroyer
For Japan Self-Defence Forces
20 November
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
P.A.S. 1604
Tank barge
For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service .[ 24]
2 December
Finland
Song of Norway
Song of Norway -class cruise ship
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
12 December
United States
Todd Pacific Shipyards
Seattle, Washington
Downes
Knox -class frigate
For United States Navy
12 December
France
DCAN
Terrible
Redoutable -class submarine
For French Navy
13 December
United States
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Philadelphia
Sumter
Newport -class tank landing ship
For United States Navy
13 December
United States
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
San Diego, California
San Jose
Mars -class combat stores ship
For United States Navy
14 December
Finland
Uudenkaupungin Telakka
Uusikaupunki
Lindblad Explorer
Cruise ship
For K/S A/S Explorer & Co, Oslo , Norway
18 December
Denmark
Orlogsværftet
Copenhagen
Nordkaperen
Type 205 submarine
For Royal Danish Navy
19 December
West Germany
Meyer Werft
Papenburg
Apollo
Ferry
For Rederi AB Slite / Viking Line
20 December
United States
Fore River Shipyard ,
Quincy, Massachusetts
Portland
Anchorage -class dock landing ship
For United States Navy
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Crescent Shipping
Frindsbury
Libation
Coaster .
For Crescent Shipping Ltd.
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd.
Greenwich
Lobe
Motor barge
For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[ 26]
Unknown date
United Kingdom
Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd .
Appledore
Lundy Puffin
Fishing trawler
For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.[ 27]
Unknown date
Japan
Taguma Shipbuilding
Onomichi
Naruto Maru
ro-ro ferry
^ "P.A.S. 1506" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Oilwell" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016 .
^ "Oilman" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "P.A.S. 1507" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Hoveringham IV" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Aino" . The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017 .
^ "Husky" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Sand Swan" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024 .
^ "Garian" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024 .
^ "Saluki" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Brackengarth" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Khawlan" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024 .
^ "M/S Störtebeker" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017 .
^ "Hoveringham V" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Setter" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Sabratha" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024 .
^ "Sheepdog" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Hollygarth" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Brunswick" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024 .
^ "Merawa" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024 .
^ "P.A.S. 1604" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
^ "Lobe" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024 .
^ "Lundy Puffin" . Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024 .
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 .
Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.
Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale . Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. ISBN 978-0951992777 .