List of ship launches in 1965

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The list of ship launches in 1965 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1965.

	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class	Notes
8 January	Norway	Karljohansvern	Horten	Narvik	Oslo-class frigate
16 January	West Germany	Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Wasa	Ferry	For Lion Ferry AB [1]
16 January	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Kamehameha	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
16 January	East Germany	V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft	Wismar	Taras Shevchenko	Ivan Franko-class passenger ship	For Black Sea Shipping Company [2]
23 January	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding	Seattle, Washington	Denver	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
4 February	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	Voge	Garcia-class frigate
15 February	Canada	Vancouver Shipyards Co.	North Vancouver	Queen of Burnaby	Burnaby-class ferry	For BC Ferries [3]
18 February	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Waikato	Leander-class frigate	For Royal New Zealand Navy.
27 February	Japan			Yamagumo	Yamagumo-class destroyer
5 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Edenfield	Tanker	For Eden Tankers Ltd. [4]
11 March	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Utsira	Kobben-classsubmarine	For Royal Norwegian Navy
15 March	West Germany	Atlas-Werke	Bremen	Hans Techel	Type 202 submarine	For German Navy
20 March	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	George Bancroft	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
28 March	Italy	Italcantieri S.p.A.	Castellamare di Stabia	Canguro Azzurro	Ferry	For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T [5]
9 April	West Germany	Schichau Unterweser AG	Bremerhaven	Helgoland	Fehmarn-classtug
14 April	United Kingdom	John Brown & Company	Clydebank	Kungsholm	Ocean liner / cruise ship	For Swedish American Line
17 April	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Glover	Garcia-class frigate
23 April	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Francis Scott Key	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
25 April	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Wainwright	Belknap-class cruiser
15 May	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Guardfish	Permit-class submarine
19 May	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Utstein	Kobben-classsubmarine	For Royal Norwegian Navy
21 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	George C. Marshall	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
22 May	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	James K. Polk	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
29 May	United States	New York Shipbuilding	Camden, New Jersey	Camden	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship
8 June	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	Koelsch	Garcia-class frigate
15 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	British Centaur	Tanker	For British Tanker Company. [6]
0 June	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	La Estancia	Bulk carrier	For Buries Marks Ltd. [7]
2 July	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Biddle	Belknap-class cruiser
4 July	Italy	Navameccanica Cant. Nav.	Castellamare di Stabia	Canguro Rosso	Ferry	For Societa. Navi. Traghetto S.N.T [8]
10 July	West Germany	Lindenau	Kiel	Walchensee	Walchensee-classtanker	For German Navy
30 July	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Utvær	Kobben-classsubmarine	For Royal Norwegian Navy
31 July	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Tripoli	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship
14 August	United States	New York Naval Shipyard	Brooklyn, New York	Duluth	Austin-class amphibious transport dock
14 August	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	George Washington Carver	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
23 August	Norway	Karljohansvern	Horten	Bergen	Oslo-class frigate
25 September	United Kingdom	Vickers-Armstrongs		Warspite	Valiant-class submarine
8 October	West Germany	Nordseewerke	Emden	Uthaug	Kobben-classsubmarine	For Royal Norwegian Navy
18 October	Sweden	Lindholmens Varv	Gothenburg	Saga	ferry	for Swedish Lloyd
20 October	United States	Defoe Shipbuilding Company	Bay City, Michigan	O'Callahan	Garcia-class frigate
23 October	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Mariano G. Vallejo	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
28 October	Sweden	Öresundsvarvet	Landskrona	Fennia	Ferry	For Siljarederiet
30 October	Italy	Cantieri Navale Felzsegi S.p.A.	Trieste	Forende	Ferry	For DFDS [9]
31 October	United Kingdom	HMNB Devonport	Devonport, England	Danae	Leander-class frigate
10 November	West Germany	Atlas-Werke	Bremen	Friedrich Schürer	Type 202 submarine	For German Navy
13 November	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Henry L. Stimson	Benjamin Franklin-class submarine
24 November	United Kingdom	John I. Thornycroft & Company	Southampton	Juno	Leander-class frigate
24 November	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	La Sierra	Bulk carrier	For Buries Marks Ltd. [10]
27 November	Japan			Asashio	Asashio-class submarine
15 December	Finland	Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard	Helsinki	Finnpartner	Ferry	for Finnlines (Amer-Tupakka)
17 December	Finland	Wärtsilä Crichton-Vulcan	Turku	Prins Hamlet	Ferry	for Lion Ferry
18 December	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Westwego, Louisiana	Hamilton	Hamilton-class cutter
18 December	West Germany	Kiel	Howaldtswerke	Prinsesse Ragnhild	Ferry	For Jahre Line [11]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Ellen May	Motor barge	For Scott (Toombridge) Ltd. [12]
Unknown date	United Kingdom		Frindsbury.	Rohoy	Coaster	For London & Rochester Trading Co Ltd. [13]

References

1. "M/S Wasa" . Retrieved 2017-08-26.
2. "M / S TARAS SHEVCHENKO" . Retrieved 2017-09-26.
3. "M/S Queen of Burnaby" . Retrieved 2016-03-29.
4. "Edenfield". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
5. "M/S Canguro Azzurro" . Retrieved 2017-09-15.
6. "British Centaur". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
7. "La Estancia". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
8. "M/S Canguro Rosso" . Retrieved 2017-09-15.
9. "M/S Forende" . Retrieved 2016-08-03.
10. "La Sierra". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
11. "M/S Prinsesse Ragnhild" . Retrieved 2016-08-03.
12. "Ellen May". TShipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
13. Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. p. 30. ISBN   978-0951992777.

Ship events in 1965
Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970