List of ship launches in 1937

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The list of ship launches in 1937 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1937.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
8 January	United States	Brooklyn Navy Yard	Brooklyn, New York	Spencer	Treasury-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard.
12 January	United States	Mare Island Navy Yard	Vallejo, California	Henley	Bagley-class destroyer	For United States Navy
14 January	United States	Charleston Navy Yard	Charleston, South Carolina	Bibb	Treasury-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard.
14 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	May	Lightship tender Commissioners of Irish Lights. [1]	For
27 January	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Comara	Coaster	For North Coast Steam Navigation Company. [2]
28 January	United Kingdom	Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Glasgow	Adula	Tanker	For Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd. [3]
28 January	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Ilex	I-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
January	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Linda Lou	Tank barge	For Citizen's Oil Co. Inc. [4]
7 February	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Admiral Hipper	Admiral Hipper-class cruiser	For Kriegsmarine.
11 February	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Ivanhoe	I-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [5]
11 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Rochester Castle	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line.
20 February	Germany			Hans Rolshoven	Krischan-class seaplane tender	For the Luftwaffe.
25 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Torr Head	Cargo ship	For Ulster Steamship Co. [6]
February	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC Mojarra	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A. [4]
1 March	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Impulsive	I-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [7]
6 March	Netherlands	Wilton-Fijenoord	Schiedam	Nederland	Tanker	For Nederlandsche Pacific Petroleum Maatschappij [8]
11 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Salacia	Cargo ship	For Donaldson Line. [9]
12 March	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Erich Giese	Type 1934A-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine.
13 March	United States	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	Kearny, New Jersey	Somers	Somers-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
16 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Lady Sylvia	Ferry	For Union Steamship Co. [10]
18 March	Germany	Germaniawerft	Kiel	Erich Koellner	Type 1934A-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine
21 March	Germany	Blohm & Voss	Hamburg	Friedrich Eckoldt	Type 1934A-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine.
23 March	Germany	Howaldtswerke	Kiel	Friesenland	Friesenland-class seaplane carrier	For civilian service.
24 March	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Govan	Liverpool	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy.
25 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Roxburgh Castle	Refrigerated cargo ship	For Union-Castle Line. [11]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC Cornuda	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC Delfin	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 280	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 281	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 282	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 283	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 284	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
March	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	CNSC 285	Tank barge	For CN San Cristobal S.A.. [4]
10 April	Netherlands	N.V. Rotterdam Drydock Company	Rotterdam	Nieuw Amsterdam	Ocean liner	For Holland America Line.
12 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Delius	Cargo ship	For Lamport & Holt. [12]
12 April	United Kingdom	R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company	Hebburn	Manchester	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy. [13]
15 April	Germany	Schulte & Bruns	Emden	Köln	Fishing trawler	For Emder Heringfischerei AG.
22 April	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Boardale	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [14]
24 April	Germany	Flenderwerft	Lübeck	Porjus	Fishing trawler	For For Afrikanische Frucht-Compagnie A.G.
5 May	Germany	Schulte & Bruns	Emden	Almuth	Fishing trawler	For Leerer Heringfischerei AG.
5 May	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Wilhelm Gustloff	Passenger ship	For Hamburg Süd.
6 May	United States	Puget Sound Navy Yard	Bremerton, Washington	Patterson	Bagley-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
8 May	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Savannah	Brooklyn-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
8 June	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Kiel	Blücher	Admiral Hipper-class cruiser	For Kriegsmarine.
8 June	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Walker	Afridi	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
8 June	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Walker	Cossack	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [15]
8 June	Germany	Schulte & Bruns	Emden	Mars	Fishing trawler	For Dollart Heringfischerei AG.
16 June	Germany	Deutsche Werke	Hamburg	Teutonia	Fishing trawler	For N. Ebsling.
22 June	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Govan	British Integrity	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [16]
23 June	Germany	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft	Flensburg	Birka	Passenger ship	For Mathies Reederei KG.
24 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Leinster	Ferry	For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. [17]
7 July	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Govan	Gurkha	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
14 July	United Kingdom	J. Samuel White	Cowes	Bittern	Bittern-class sloop	For Royal Navy. [18]
25 July	Italy	Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico	Trieste	Vittorio Veneto	Littorio-class battleship	For Regia Marina.
5 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Donaghadee	Collier	For John Kelly Ltd. [19]
14 August	United States	Norfolk Naval Shipyard	Portsmouth, Virginia	Blue	Bagley-class destroyer	For United States Navy.
18 August	Norway	Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard	Horten	Nordkapp	Nordkapp-class fishery protection vessel	For Royal Norwegian Navy.
19 August	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremen	Diether von Roeder	Type 1936-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine.
22 August	Italy	Gio. Ansaldo & C.	Sestri Ponente	Littorio	Littorio-class battleship	For Regia Marina.
24 August	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Somali	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
26 August	United States	New York Naval Yard	Brooklyn, New York	Honolulu	Brooklyn-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
2 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Broomdale	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [20]
2 September	United Kingdom	Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company	Govan	Maori	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
3 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Walker	Eskimo	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
3 September	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Walker	Mashona	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
23 September	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Capetown Castle	Passenger ship	For Union-Castle Line.
23 September	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen and Sons	Govan	Zulu	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [21]
25 September	Germany	Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser	Wesermünde	Gauleiter Telschow	Fishing trawler	For For Hussmann & Hahn.
September	Germany	Deschimag	Wesermünde	Dorum	Fishing trawler	For Ernst Glässel.
2 October	United States	New York Shipbuilding Corporation	Camden, New Jersey	Nashville	Brooklyn-class cruiser	For United States Navy.
5 October	United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	Barrow-in-Furness	Undine	U-class submarine	For Royal Navy. [22]
6 October	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Greenock	Matabele	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
9 October	United States	Bethlehem Steel Company	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Gulfwave	Tanker	For Gulf Oil Corporation.
15 October	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston, Hampshire	Mohawk	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
19 October	United Kingdom	Devonport Dockyard	Devonport	Gloucester	Town-class cruiser	For Royal Navy. [23]
20 October	Germany	H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hamburg	Gebrüder Kähler	Fishing trawler	For Hinrich Foch Hochseefischerei AG.
21 October	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Barbarian	Bar-class boom defence vessel	For Royal Navy. [24]
21 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Delane	Cargo ship	For Lamport & Holt. [25]
21 October	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Wallsend	Tartar	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
27 October	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Trust	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [26]
30 October	Germany	Blohm + Voss	Hamburg	Albert Leo Schlageter	Gorch Fock-class sail training ship	For Kriegsmarine.
October	Germany	Deschimag	Wesermünde	Hermann Bösch	Fishing trawler	For C. C. H. Bösch.
3 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Munster	Ferry	For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. [27]
4 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Govan	British Security	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [28]
5 November	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Ashanti	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
16 November	United States	Philadelphia Navy Yard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wichita	Cruiser	For United States Navy.
November	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	C-M.L. 50	Tank barge	For Agwilines Inc. [4]
1 December	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremen	Hans Lüdemann	Type 1936-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine.
2 December	United Kingdom	Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company	Greenock	Cachalot	Grampus-class submarine	For Royal Navy. [29]
15 December	United Kingdom	Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd	Blyth, Northumberland	Barbette	Bar-class boom defence vessel	For Royal Navy. [30]
16 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Koolama	Cargo ship	For West Australian Government. [31]
17 December	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons	Linthouse	Sikh	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
18 December	United Kingdom	Alexander Stephen & Sons	Linthouse	Punjabi	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
21 December	United Kingdom	William Denny and Brothers	Dumbarton	Bedouin	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy. [32]
21 December	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Devis	Cargo ship	For Lamport & Holt. [33]
21 December	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Woolston	Nubian	Tribal-class destroyer	For Royal Navy.
22 December	United Kingdom	Ailsa Shipbuilding Company	Troon, Ayrshire	Franklin	Halcyon-class minesweeper	For Royal Navy.
22 December	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremen	Hermann Künne	Type 1936-class destroyer	For Kriegsmarine.
28 December	Germany	H. C. Stülcken Sohn	Hamburg	Otto Bröhan	Fishing trawler	For Cranzer Fischdamper AG.
December	Germany	DeSchiMAG	Bremerhaven	Franz Westermann	Fishing trawler	For Reederei Siebert & Co.
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	A.G.T No. 32	Tank barge	For A. G. Thomas. [4]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	A.G.T No. 34	Tank barge	For F. L. Stanford. [4]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	A.G.T No. 36	Tank barge	For A. G. Thomas. [4]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	A.G.T No. 38	Tank barge	For A. G. Thomas. [4]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Werft AG	Hamburg	Algol	Coastal tanker	For Trelleborgs Angfabrik Nya A/B. [34]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Coastal Petroleum Corp. No. 1	Tank barge	For Coastal Petroleum Corp. [4]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Cochrane & Sons Ltd.	Selby	Englishman	tug	For United Towing Co. Ltd. [35]
Unknown date	Germany	Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.	Flensburg	Ernst L. M. Russ	Cargo ship	For Ernst Russ. [36]
Unknown date	Germany	F Schichau GmbH	Elbing	Gabelsflach	Coastal tanker	For Kriegsmarine.
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Wesermünde	Gambian	Cargo ship	For United African Company. [37]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Burntisland	Ginnheim	Cargo ship	For Unterweser Reederei. [38]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson	Newcastle upon Tyne	Inkosi	Refrigerated cargo liner	For Charente Steamship Co. Ltd.
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Leguy	Dredger	For Nello L. Teer Co. [4]
Unknown date	Germany	Lübecker Flender-Werke AG	Lübeck	Marie Fisser	Cargo ship	For Fisser & van Doornum.
Unknown date	Germany	Flensburger Schiff- Gesellschaft.	Flensburg	Mathias Stinnes	Tanker	For Kohlen Import und Poseidon Schiffs. [39]
Unknown date	Germany	Neptun AG	Rostock	Messina	Cargo ship	For Robert Miles Sloman Jr.
Unknown date	Germany	Stettiner Oderwerke AG	Stettin	Saar	Cargo ship	For R. C. Gribel.
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Henry Robb Ltd.	Leith	Spinel	Cargo ship	For William Robertson. [40]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau	Wesermünde	Takoradian	Cargo ship	For United Africa Company. [41]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Titlark II	Motor vessel	For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. [42]
Unknown date	Germany	Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau.	Bremen	Unitas	Whaler	For Unitas Deutsche Walfang GmbH. [43]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau	Bremen	Unitas 4	Whaler	For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. [44]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau	Bremen	Unitas 5	Whaler	For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. [44]
Unknown date	Germany	Bremer Vulkan Schiff- und Mashcinenbau	Bremen	Unitas 8	Whaler	For Jurgens Van Den Brugh Margarine Verkaufs Union GmbH. [44]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	Unnamed	Tank barge	For Orange State Oil Co. [4]
Unknown date	United States	Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company	Mobile, Alabama	22 unnamed vessels	Tank barges	For private owners. [4]

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2. "Comara". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
3. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 177.
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15. Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 85.
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18. Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 51.
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23. Colledge & Warlow 2003, p. 140.
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