List of ship launches in 1953

The list of ship launches in 1953 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1953. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date Builder and location Ship Class and type Operator Notes
January 23 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States LST-1162 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
January 29 Gustav Wolkau, Hamburg, West Germany Waltershof Type I ferry HADAG
February 19 Burrard Dry Dock, Vancouver, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada Fraser St. Laurent-class destroyer  Royal Canadian Navy
April 11 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, Maine, United States LST-1158 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
April 16 Alexander Stephen and Sons, Glasgow, Scotland Olympia Ocean liner Greek Line
April 18 Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Wisconsin, United States LST-1167 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
April 29 Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Ottawa St. Laurent-class destroyer  Royal Canadian Navy
May 14 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland Arcadia Ocean liner P&O
May 15 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States Walworth County Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
May 17 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States LST-1163 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
June 25 Devonport Dockyard, Devonport, England Salisbury Salisbury-class frigate  Royal Navy First in class[1]
July 1 Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim, Mannheim, West Germany L 534 Type Mannheim 55 ferry Flusspioniere Wiesbaden
July 2 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States LST-1159 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
July 14 Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States LST-1165 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
July 18  West Germany Kehrwieder ferry type 0 HADAG
July 21 Norderwerft, Hamburg, United States Wettern type I ferry HADAG
July 30 Halifax Shipyards, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Saguenay St. Laurent-class destroyer  Royal Canadian Navy
August 1 Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States Albacore Unique research submarine  United States Navy
August 22 Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States LST-1169 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
September 25 J. Samuel White, Cowes, Isle of Wight Dundas Blackwood-class frigate  Royal Navy [2]
October 3 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States LST-1160 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
October 23 Fairlie Yacht Dittesham Ham-class minesweeper  Royal Navy [3]
November 8 Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, United States Dealey Dealey-class destroyer escort  United States Navy First in class
November 19 Hiltebrant Drydock Company, Kingston, New York, United States AMS-127 Adjutant-class minesweeper  Royal Danish Navy [4][5]
November 25 Yarrow Shipbuilders, Glasgow, Scotland Hardy Blackwood-class frigate  Royal Navy [2]
November 28 Christy Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States LST-1168 Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship  United States Navy
unknown date Ansaldo Shipyards, Genoa, Italy Cristoforo Colombo Ocean liner Italian Line
unknown date Cantieri Navali Riuniti, Trieste, Italy Lazio Cargo ship Tirrenia di Navigazione SpA
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 2008, p. 338
  2. Friedman 2008, p. 339
  3. Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 115
  4. "MSC-127 ex-AMS-127". Mine Warfare Vessel Photo Archive. NavSource Online. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  5. Balsved, Johnny E. "AARØSUND (1955-1982)". Danish Naval History. Retrieved 14 June 2019.

See also
Ship events in 1953
Ship launches: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Ship commissionings: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Ship decommissionings: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Shipwrecks: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
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