List of ship launches in 1969
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 |
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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 |
January | United Kingdom | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Kawkab | Kawkab-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[1] |
January | United Kingdom | Keith, Nelson & Co. | Bembridge | Thoaban | Kawkab-class patrol craft | For United Arab Emirates Navy.[1] |
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[2] | ||
5 March | United Kingdom | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Vortigern | Combined train and RO-RO ferry | For British Railways Board |
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.[3] |
March | France | Dubegion-Normandie | Nantes | Maria Van Riebeeck | Daphné-class submarine | For South African Navy |
3 April | United Kingdom | Burntisland Shipbuilding Company | Burntisland | Helen Miller | Cargo ship | For St. Vincent Shipping Co.[4] |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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[5] | ||
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 |
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 |
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.[1] |
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 |
6 September | United States | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company | San Diego, California | Tuscaloosa | Newport-class tank landing ship | For United States Navy |
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 |
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 | ||
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 | ||
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.[6] |
Unknown date | Japan | Taguma Shipbuilding | Onomichi | Naruto Maru | ro-ro ferry |
References
- ^ a b c Moore 1976, p. not cited.
- ^ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Aino". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 30.
- ^ "M/S Störtebeker" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Simper 1998, p. 10.
- 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.