List of ship launches in 1956

The list of ship launches in 1956 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1956.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
5 January  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lester Dealey-class destroyer escort
20 January  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Alamo Thomaston-class dock landing ship
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
24 March  France Brest Dockyards Brest Colbert Anti-aircraft cruiser
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  Germany Blohm & Voss Hamburg Ragnvald Jarl passenger ship For NFDS[1]
25 April  United States Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Seattle, Washington Bridget Dealey-class destroyer escort
3 May  United States Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point, Maryland Mauna Kea Suribachi-class ammunition ship
9 May  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrongs Newcastle upon Tyne RMS Empress of England ocean liner For Canadian Pacific Railway Co.[2]
10 May  United Kingdom Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland Palliser Blackwood-class frigate
28 May  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Darter Unique submarine
19 June  Sweden Götaverken Gothenburg 13 de Junio Halland-class destroyer For Colombian Navy
19 June  West Germany Norderwerft Hamburg Wandsbek type I ferry For HADAG
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[3]
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
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
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
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
20 November  United Kingdom J. Samuel White Cowes, Isle of Wight Khukri Blackwood-class frigate For Indian Navy
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
19 December  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Blandy Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
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.

See also
Ship events in 1956
Ship launches: 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Ship commissionings: 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Ship decommissionings: 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Shipwrecks: 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961

References
  1. "M/S Ragnvald Jarl". Retrieved 2016-10-23.
  2. "T/S Empress of England". Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  3. de:Fährschiff Typ 00#Schiffe
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