List of ship launches in 1969

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The list of ship launches in 1969 includes a chronological list of ships launched in 1969. In cases where no official launching ceremony was held, the date built or completed may be used instead.

Date	Country	Builder	Location	Ship	Class and type	Notes
1 January	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Milwaukee	Wichita-class replenishment oiler	For United States Navy
4 January	United States	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia	Blue Ridge	Blue Ridge-class command ship	For United States Navy
4 January	United States	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia	Manitowoc	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy
4 January	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News	St. Louis	Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship	For United States Navy
4 January	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale	W. S. Sims	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
16 January	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	P.A.S. 1506	Tanker barge	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [1]
20 January	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilwell	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [2]
January	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Kawkab	Kawkab-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [3]
January	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Thoaban	Kawkab-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [3]
1 February	United States	Bath Iron Works	Bath, Maine	Rommel	Lütjens-class destroyer	For United States Navy
2 February	United States			Schleswig-Holstein	ferry	For Reederei & Schiffahrts GmbH Grüne Küstenstraße [4]
18 February	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Oilman	Naval tanker	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [5]
3 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	P.A.S. 1507	Tank barge	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [6]
5 March	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Vortigern	Combined train and RO-RO ferry	For British Railways Board
6 March	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Hoveringham IV	Dredger	For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.. [7]
8 March	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Frederick	Newport-class tank landing ship	United States
18 March	United Kingdom	Harland & Wolff	Belfast	Aino	Bulk carrier	For C. H. Sorensen. [8]
March	France	Dubegion-Normandie	Nantes	Maria Van Riebeeck	Daphné-class submarine	For South African Navy
2 April	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Husky	Dog-class tug	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [9]
3 April	United Kingdom	Burntisland Shipbuilding Company	Burntisland	Helen Miller	Cargo ship	For St. Vincent Shipping Co. [10]
3 April	United Kingdom	J. Bolson & Son Ltd.	Poole	Sand Swan	Dredger	For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd. [11]
12 April	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Hawkbill	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy
15 April	United Kingdom	Yarrows	Scotstoun	Diomede	Leander-class frigate	For Royal Navy
15 April	Soviet Union	Severnaya Verf	Leningrad	Admiral Nakhimov	Project 1134A Berkut A large anti-submarine ship	For Soviet Navy
21 April	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Garian	Patrol boat	For Libyan Navy. [12]
29 April	Finland	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard	Helsinki	Annie Johnson	Container ship	Rederi AB Nordstjernan
2 May	United States	Lockheed	Seattle, Washington	Rathburne	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
3 May	United States	Todd Shipyards	San Pedro, California	Harold E. Holt	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
3 May	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale	Patterson	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
15 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Saluki	Dog-class tug	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [13]
16 May	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Brackengarth	Firefighting tug	For Rea Towing Co. Ltd. [14]
17 May	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News	El Paso	Charleston-class amphibious cargo ship	For United States Navy
17 May	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Flying Fish	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy
24 May	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Inchon	Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship	For United States Navy
24 May	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Schenectady	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy
29 May	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Khawlan	Patrol boat	For Libyan Navy. [15]
1 June	United States	Fore River Shipyard	Quincy, Massachusetts	Kansas City	Wichita-class replenishment oiler	For United States Navy
3 June	United States			Störtebeker	Ferry	For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH [16]
14 June	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale	Vreeland	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
21 June	United States	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, Washington	Detroit	Sacramento-class fast combat support ship	For United States Navy
27 June	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Hoveringham V	Dredger	For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd.. [17]
30 June	United Kingdom	Swan Hunter	Wallsend	Bristol	Type 82 destroyer	For Royal Navy
1 July	United States	Ingalls Shipbuilding	Pascagoula, Mississippi	Mormacsun	Roll-on/roll-off vessel	Moore-McCormack Lines
12 July	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Cayuga	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy
31 July	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Setter	Dog-class tug	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [18]
July	France		Toulon	Shushuk	Daphné-class submarine	For Pakistani Navy
July	United Kingdom	Keith, Nelson & Co.	Bembridge	Bani Yas	Kawkab-class patrol craft	For United Arab Emirates Navy. [3]
16 August	United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	Vallejo, California	Pintado	Sturgeon-class submarine
18 August	United Kingdom	Cammell Laird	Birkenhead	Conqueror	Churchill-class submarine	For Royal Navy
23 August	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale	Blakely	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
3 September	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Sabratha	Patrol boat	For Libyan Navy. [19]
6 September	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	Tuscaloosa	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy
15 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Sheepdog	Dog-class tug	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [20]
25 September	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Hollygarth	Firefighting tug	For Rea Towing Co. Ltd. [21]
27 September	United States	Electric Boat	Groton, Connecticut	Trepang	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy
27 September	Japan	Sumitomo Heavy Industries	Yokohama	Acadia Forest	Lighter aboard ship	First LASH-ship in the world
14 October	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Brunswick	Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship	For United States Navy. [22]
23 October	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Marvin Shields	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
24 October	France			Emily Hobhouse	Daphné-class submarine	For South African Navy
25 October	United Kingdom	Brooke Marine Ltd.	Lowestoft	Merawa	Patrol boat	For Libyan Navy. [23]
1 November	United States	Avondale Shipyard	Avondale	Trippe	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
11 November	United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	Newport News	Sand Lance	Sturgeon-class submarine	For United States Navy
15 November	Japan			Murakumo	Minegumo-class destroyer	For Japan Self-Defence Forces
20 November	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	P.A.S. 1604	Tank barge	For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service. [24]
2 December	Finland			Song of Norway	Song of Norway-class cruise ship	Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
12 December	United States	Todd Pacific Shipyards	Seattle, Washington	Downes	Knox-class frigate	For United States Navy
12 December	France	DCAN		Terrible	Redoutable-class submarine	For French Navy
13 December	United States	Philadelphia Naval Shipyard	Philadelphia	Sumter	Newport-class tank landing ship	For United States Navy
13 December	United States	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company	San Diego, California	San Jose	Mars-class combat stores ship	For United States Navy
14 December	Finland	Uudenkaupungin Telakka	Uusikaupunki	Lindblad Explorer	Cruise ship	For K/S A/S Explorer & Co, Oslo, Norway
18 December	Denmark	Orlogsværftet	Copenhagen	Nordkaperen	Type 205 submarine	For Royal Danish Navy
19 December	West Germany	Meyer Werft	Papenburg	Apollo	Ferry	For Rederi AB Slite / Viking Line
20 December	United States	Fore River Shipyard,	Quincy, Massachusetts	Portland	Anchorage-class dock landing ship	For United States Navy
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Crescent Shipping	Frindsbury	Libation	Coaster.	For Crescent Shipping Ltd. [25]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd.	Greenwich	Lobe	Motor barge	For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd. [26]
Unknown date	United Kingdom	Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.	Appledore	Lundy Puffin	Fishing trawler	For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. [27]
Unknown date	Japan	Taguma Shipbuilding	Onomichi	Naruto Maru	ro-ro ferry

References

1. "P.A.S. 1506". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
2. "Oilwell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
3. Moore 1976, p. not cited.
4. "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
5. "Oilman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
6. "P.A.S. 1507". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
7. "Hoveringham IV". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
8. "Aino". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
9. "Husky". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
10. Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 30.
11. "Sand Swan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
12. "Garian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
13. "Saluki". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
14. "Brackengarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
15. "Khawlan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
16. "M/S Störtebeker" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
17. "Hoveringham V". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
18. "Setter". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
19. "Sabratha". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
20. "Sheepdog". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
21. "Hollygarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
22. "Brunswick". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
23. "Merawa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
24. "P.A.S. 1604". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
25. Simper 1998, p. 10.
26. "Lobe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
27. "Lundy Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 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.
• Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. ISBN   978-0951992777.