List of ship commissionings in 1960

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The list of ship commissionings in 1960 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1960.

OperatorShipFlagClass and typePennantOther notes
12 April Steamship Company Bore Bore Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Ferry [ citation needed ]
9 MayFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Preble Farragut-class destroyerDDG-46
15 JulyFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Coontz Farragut-class destroyerDDG-40
9 NovemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Tullibee Unique nuclear submarineSSN-597- The first quiet nuclear submarine with turbo electric drive
- The first integrated sonar suite, including both a low-frequency passive array, for long range detection, and a spherical array, for approach and attack (AN/BQQ Series Sonar)
- The first submarine specifically designed as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) weapon
- The first submarine with torpedo tubes amidships. [1]
17 NovemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy King Farragut-class destroyerDDG-41
6 DecemberFlag of the Brazilian Navy.svg  Brazilian Navy Minas Gerais Colossus-class aircraft carrierA11Former HMS Vengeance. [2]
10 DecemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Farragut Farragut-class destroyerDDG-37
17 DecemberFlag of the United States Navy (official).svg  United States Navy Henry B. Wilson Charles F. Adams-class destroyerDDG-7

References

  1. "Tullibee II (SSN-597)". www.history.navy.mil. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships (1968-69), p. 23

See also