List of ship launches in 1938

The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.

Country Builder Location Ship Class Notes
22 January  Sweden Öresundsvarvet Landskrona Rose Cargo ship For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S
14 February  United States Bethlehem Shipbuilding San Francisco Maury Gridley-class destroyer [1]
13 March  United States New York Shipbuilding Corporation Camden, New Jersey Phoenix Brooklyn-class cruiser
16 March  Germany Deutsche Werft Hamburg Santa Cruz Cargo ship Became auxiliary cruiser Thor in World War 2.[2]
19 March  Japan Mitsubishi Nagasaki Chikuma Tone-class cruiser [3]
15 April  United States Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Newport News, Virginia St. Louis St. Louis-class cruiser
16 April  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Benham Benham-class destroyer [1]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Rowan Benham-class destroyer [1]
5 May  United States Norfolk Navy Yard Norfolk, Virginia Stack Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Mayrant Benham-class destroyer [1]
14 May  United States Boston Navy Yard Boston, Massachusetts Trippe Benham-class destroyer [1]
16 May  Japan Kawasaki Kobe Mizuho Seaplane carrier [4]
31 May  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Egret Egret-class sloop [5]
11 June  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Ellet Benham-class destroyer [1]
15 June  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Karl Galster Type 1936-class destroyer
30 June  United Kingdom Denny Dumbarton Auckland Egret-class sloop [5]
7 July  Norway Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard Horten Gyller Sleipner-class destroyer
17 July  United Kingdom Smiths Dock Company South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough Bembridge First in UK Motor Cruising Pilot Cutter for Trinity House London, now in Szczecin Poland.[6]
27 July  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend, England Dominion Monarch Cargo liner For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
28 July  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead, England Mauretania Ocean liner For Cunard Line
28 July  United States Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Philadelphia Rhind Benham-class destroyer [1]
22 August  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel Prinz Eugen Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
28 August  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Wilhelm Heidkamp Type 1936-class destroyer
28 August  United States Federal Shipbuilding Kearny, New Jersey Lang Benham-class destroyer [1]
9 September  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Jervis J-class destroyer [7]
12 September  United Kingdom Thornycroft Woolston Pelican Egret-class sloop [5]
15 September  Germany Germaniawerft Kiel MV Steiermark Merchant ship Became German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in World War 2.[2]
20 September  Germany DeSchiMAG Bremen Anton Schmitt Type 1936-class destroyer
22 September  Germany Blohm + Voss Hamburg Mircea Gorch-Fock-class sail training ship For Romanian Navy
26 September  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes Jersey J-class destroyer
27 September  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank, Scotland Queen Elizabeth Ocean liner For Cunard Line
27 September  Japan Maizuru Naval Arsenal Maizuru Kagerō Kagerō-class destroyer [8]
11 October  United Kingdom Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Wallsend Janus J-class destroyer
25 October  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Jackal J-class destroyer [7]
25 October  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie and Company Hebburn-on-Tyne Kelly K-class destroyer
27 October  United Kingdom Yarrow & Company Scotstoun Jupiter J-class destroyer
27 October  United States Charleston Naval Shipyard North Charleston, South Carolina Sterett Benham-class destroyer [1]
October  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Neidenfels Cargo liner For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa"
22 November  United Kingdom William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton Jaguar J-class destroyer
8 December  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Govan Juno J-class destroyer
8 December  Germany Deutsche Werke Kiel Graf Zeppelin Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier
8 December  Japan Harima Zōsen KK Aioi, Harima Kuroshio Maru Kawasaki-type oiler For Chigai Kisen KK
21 December  United Kingdom John Brown & Company Clydebank Javelin J-class destroyer
Date uncertain  Germany Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft Lübeck Adler Cargo liner For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Danziger Werft AG Danzig Amrum Coastal tanker For Kriegsmarine
Date uncertain  Germany Schulte & Bruns Emden Coburg Fishing trawler For H. Bischoff & Co
Date uncertain  Germany Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Flensburg Haga Cargo ship For Mathies Reederei
Date uncertain  Germany Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG, Wesermünde Luna Passenger ship For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line).
Date uncertain  Germany Studen und Reederei GmbH Beidenfleth Sachsen sealer For Studen und Reederei GmbH.
Date uncertain  Germany H. C. Stulcken Hamburg Sperber Light seaplane tender For Luftwaffe use
Date uncertain  Germany Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG Bremen Süderau Cargo ship For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. Friedman 1982, p. 439
  2. Lenton 1966, p. 14
  3. Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87
  4. Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66
  5. Hague 1993, p. 67
  6. "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  7. Friedman 2008, p. 326
  8. Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
  • Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers and Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hague, Arnold (1993). A History of the 71 Sloops Built in Britain and Australia for the British, Australian and Indian Navies 1926–1946. Kendal, UK: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-67-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter; Mikel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lenton, H. T. (1966). Navies of the Second World War: German Surface Vessels. London: Macdonald & Co.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Ship events in 1938
Ship launches: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship commissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Ship decommissionings: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
Shipwrecks: 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943
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