List of ship launches in 1968

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The list of ship launches in 1968 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1968. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class / type	Notes
23 January	United States	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Santa Barbara	Kilauea-class ammunition ship	United States Navy.
25 January	West Germany	Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Munster	Ferry	For British & Irish Steam Packet Co. Ltd. [1]
27 January	West Germany	Blohm+Voss	Hamburg	Polar Uruguay	Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship	For Hamburg Süd. [2]
27 January	West Germany	Husumer Schiffswerft	Husum	Amrum	Ferry	For Amrumer Schiffahrts AG. [3]
3 February	Australia			Adroit	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
3 February	United States	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	New Orleans	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship	For United States Navy.
3 February	United States	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Newport	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy.
9 February	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	U 11	Type 205 submarine	For German Navy
10 February	Soviet Union	Severnaya Verf	Leningrad	Kronstadt	Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy
17 February	Australia			Arrow	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
17 February	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Bergall	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
17 February	United States	Todd Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Lang	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
24 February	West Germany	Blohm+Voss	Hamburg	Polar Paraguay	Polar-Ecuador-class reefer ship	For Hamburg Süd. [2]
26 February	West Germany	Schichau-Werft	Bremerhaven	Norderney	tugboat	For German Navy
28 February	United Kingdom	Harland and Wolff	Govan	Charybdis	Leander-class frigate	For Royal Navy
29 February	United Kingdom			Bacchante	Leander-class frigate	For Royal Navy
29 February	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Fawn	Bulldog-class survey vessel	For Royal Navy. [4]
February	France			Cachalote	Daphné-class submarine	For Portuguese Navy
February	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Dhafeer	Dhafeer-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [5]
1 March	United States	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, Washington	Seattle	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship	For United States Navy.
9 March	West Germany	Lübecker Flenderwerke	Rendsburg	Insel Föhr	Ferry	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH. [6]
10 March	United Kingdom	John Lewis & Sons	Aberdeen	Malcolm Miller	Sail Training Ship	For Sail Training Association
15 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Cherry Sand	Dredger	For British Transport Docks Board. [7]
15 March	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Revenge	Resolution-class submarine	For Royal Navy
16 March	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Wichita	Wichita-class replenishment oiler	For United States Navy.
18 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Suffolk Challenger	Fishing trawler	For Small & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd. [8]
19 March	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	William Allpress	Barge	For William Press Ltd. [9]
20 March	Soviet Union	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112	Nizhny Novgorod	K-87	Project 670 Skat submarine	For Soviet Navy
29 March	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Durham	Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship	For United States Navy.
30 March	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Puffer	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
7 April	Italy		Castellammare di Stabia	Canguro Bruno	Ferry	For Navigazion Traghetti Sardi. [10]
10 April	Australia			Barbette	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
12 April	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Whipple	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
13 April	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	San Diego	Mars-class combat stores ship	For United States Navy.
13 April	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Mölders	Lütjens-class destroyer	For German Navy
18 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Suffolk Chieftain	Fishing trawler	For Small & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd. [11]
27 April	Australia			Ardent	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
5 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Anchorage	Anchorage-class dock landing ship	For United States Navy.
11 May	United States	Todd Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Francis Hammond	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
11 May	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Export Lightning	Container ship	For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
14 May	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Thara	Bulk carrier	For Norwegian Bulk Carriers. [12]
15 May	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Edenton	Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship	For United States Navy. [13]
15 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Spadefish	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
May	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Ghadunfar	Dhafeer-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [5]
May	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Hazza	Dhafeer-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [5]
2 June	Soviet Union			Smely	Project 61 destroyer	For Soviet Navy
8 June	United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	Kittery, Maine	Dolphin	Unique research submarine	For United States Navy.
10 June	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilpress	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [14]
15 June	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Seahorse	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
28 June	France	St. W	Brest	Hangor	Daphné-class submarine	For Pakistani Navy}
29 June	Australia			Barricade	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
11 July	Soviet Union	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112	Nizhny Novgorod	K-120	Project 651 submarine	For Soviet Navy
10 June	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilstone	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [15]
25 June	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	G.W.132	Barge	For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. [16]
17 July	United States	Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard	Sparrows Point, Maryland	Mount Hood	Kilauea-class ammunition ship	For United States Navy.
20 July	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale, Louisiana	Connole	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
25 July	Japan			Natsugumo	Minegumo-class destroyer	For Japanese Navy
27 July	United Kingdom	John Readhead & Sons Ltd.	South Shields	Zinnia	Bulk carrier	For Stag Line. [17]
27 July	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Guitarro	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy.
31 July	Soviet Union	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112	Nizhny Novgorod	K-25	Project 670 Skat submarine	For Soviet Navy
3 August	United States	Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company	Seattle, Washington	Trenton	Austin-class amphibious transport dock	For United States Navy.
8 August	United Kingdom	HMNB Plymouth	Plymouth	Scylla	Leander-class frigate	For Royal Navy
9 August	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Skaufast	Bulk carrier	For Norwegian Bulk Carriers. [18]
10 August	Australia			Madang	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
30 August	Canada	Saint John Shipbuilding	Saint John, New Brunswick	Protecteur	Protecteur-class replenishment oiler	For Royal Canadian Navy
3 September	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Westwego, Louisiana	Sherman	Hamilton-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard
5 September	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Lockwood	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
5 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilfield	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [19]
10 September	West Germany	Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft	Kiel	U 12	Type 205 submarine	For German Navy
10 September	Denmark	Orlogsværftet	Copenhagen	Narhvalen	Type 205 submarine	For Royal Danish Navy
14 September	Australia			Buccaneer	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
25 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Cave Sand	Dredger	For British Transport Docks Board. [20]
28 September	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Fresno	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy.
28 September	Australia	Vickers Cockatoo Docks	Sydney	Torrens	River-class destroyer escort	For Royal Australian Navy.
29 September	Soviet Union	Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No. 112	Nizhny Novgorod	K-318	Project 651 submarine	For Soviet Navy
September	France			Delfim	Albacora-class submarine	For Portuguese Navy
2 October	Australia			Bandolier	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
7 October	Soviet Union	Sudomekh Shipyard	Leningrad	B-413	Project 641 submarine	For Soviet Navy
7 October	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	G.W.133	Barge	For Wimpey (Marine) Ltd. [21]
7 October	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	P.A.S. 1505	Tank barge	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [22]
19 October	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Mobile	Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship	For United States Navy.
24 October	Japan			Arashio	Asashio-class submarine	For Japanese Navy
24 October	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Suffolk Crusader	Fishing trawler	For Small & Co (Lowestoft) Ltd. [23]
October	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Durgham	Dhafeer-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [5]
October	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Timsah	Dhafeer-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [5]
2 November	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Stag Hound	Container ship	For American Export-Isbrandtsen Lines
6 November	Australia			Bayonet	Attack-class patrol boat	For Royal Australian Navy.
6 November	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Sand Swift	Dredger	For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. [24]
16 November	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Westwego, Louisiana	Rush	Hamilton-class cutter	For United States Coast Guard.
21 November	United Kingdom	Yarrow Shipbuilders	Scotstoun	Achilles	Leander-class frigate	For Royal Navy
21 November	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilbird	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [25]
22 November	Soviet Union			Admiral Isakov	Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy
23 November	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Peoria	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy.
30 November	France	Constructions industrielles de la Méditerranée	La Seyne-sur-Mer	Transcontainer I	Combined RO-RO ferry and container ship	For SNCF
1 December	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Roll-on/roll-off vessel	For Moore-McCormack Lines
3 December	United Kingdom			Onslow	Oberon-class submarine	For Royal Australian Navy.
7 December	United States	Todd Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Badger	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy.
7 December	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News, Virginia	Finback	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy
7 December	West Germany	Nobiskrug	Rendsburg	Innisfallen	Ferry	For British & Irish Steam Packet Co, Ltd. [26]
17 December		Stader Schiffswerft	Stade	Niedersachsen	Ferry	For Reederei und Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße. [27]
20 December	United Kingdom			Churchill	Churchill-class submarine	For Royal Navy.
21 December	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Beaufort	Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship	For United States Navy. [28]
26 December	Soviet Union			K-162	Project 661 Anchar submarine	For Soviet Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	American Marine & Machinery Company.	Paisley	Hopper Barge No. 4'	Dredger	For Calcutta Port Trust. [29]
Unknown date	Japan			Kojima Maru	Cargo ship
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd.	Greenwich	Loach	Motor barge	For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. [30]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Clelands Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.	Wallsend	Wheelsman	Tanker	For c. Rowbotham & Sons Ltd. [31]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Unnamed	Dredger	For Yarmouth Harbour Commissioners. [32]

References

1. "M/S Munster" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
2. "Liste der Neubauten Werft Blohm + Voss" (in German). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
3. "M/S Amrum" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
4. "Fawn". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
5. Moore 1976, p. not cited.
6. "M/S Insel Föhr" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
7. "Cherry Sand". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
8. "Suffolk Challenger". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
9. "William Allpress". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
10. "M/S Canguro Bruno" (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 September 2017.
11. "Suffolk Chieftain". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
12. "Thara". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
13. "Edenton". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
14. "Oilpress". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
15. "Oilstone". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
16. "G.W.132". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
17. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 102-03.
18. "Skaufast". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
19. "Oilfield". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
20. "Cave Sand". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
21. "G.W.133". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
22. "P.A.S. 1505". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
23. "Suffolk Crusader". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
24. "Sand Swift". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
25. "Oilbird". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
26. "M/S Innisfallen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
27. "M/S Niedersachsen" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
28. "Beaufort". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
29. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 355.
30. "Loach". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
31. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 306.
32. "Un-named". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.

Sources

• Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. ISBN   1-85044-275-4.
• Moore, John E. (1976). Jane's Fighting Ships (1976-77 ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks.</ref>