List of ship launches in 1938

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The list of ship launches in 1938 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1938.

Date  | Country  | Builder  | Location  | Ship  | Class  | Notes

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22 January  |  Sweden | Öresundsvarvet | Landskrona | Rose | Cargo ship | For Hvalfangerselskapet Kosmos A/S
14 February  |  United States | Bethlehem Shipbuilding | San Francisco | Maury | Gridley-class destroyer  | [1]
February  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Citizen No. 1 | Tank barge | For Citizens Oil Co.[2]
3 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Lochavon | Cargo ship | For Royal Mail Line.[3]
13 March  |  United States | New York Shipbuilding Corporation | Camden, New Jersey | Phoenix | Brooklyn-class cruiser  |
14 March  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbican | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[4]
16 March  |  Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Santa Cruz | Cargo ship  | For Oldenburg Portuguese Line.[5]
17 March  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Belfast | Town-class cruiser | For Royal Navy.
19 March  |  Japan | Mitsubishi | Nagasaki | Chikuma | Tone-class cruiser  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.[6]
15 April  |  United States | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Newport News, Virginia | St. Louis | St. Louis-class cruiser  |
16 April  |  United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Benham | Benham-class destroyer | [1]
28 April  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Donax | Tanker | For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.[7]
5 May  |  United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | Rowan | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
5 May  |  United States | Norfolk Navy Yard | Norfolk, Virginia | Stack | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
14 May  |  United States | Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Mayrant | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
14 May  |  United States | Boston Navy Yard | Boston, Massachusetts | Trippe | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
16 May  |  Japan | Kawasaki | Kobe | Mizuho | Seaplane carrier | [8]
28 May  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Blyth, Northumberland | Barbrook | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[9]
31 May  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Egret | Egret-class sloop  | For Royal Navy.[10]
31 May  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Waimarama | Cargo ship | For Shaw Savill Line.[11]
11 June  |  United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Ellet | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
14 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Durban Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.[12]
15 June  |  Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Karl Galster | Type 1936-class destroyer  |
28 June  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Dromus | Tanker | For Anglo Saxon Petroleum Co.
28 June  |  Japan | Uraga Dock Company | Uraga | Shiranui | Kagerō-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.  |
29 June  |  United Kingdom | Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. | Dundee | Glenearn | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[13]
29 June  |  United Kingdom | Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd.  | Grangemouth | Robert Middleton | Icemaid type collier | For Ministry of War Transport. Completed as a Dundas-class coastal stores carrier for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[14]
30 June  |  United Kingdom | Denny | Dumbarton | Auckland | Egret-class sloop  | For Royal Navy.[10]
7 July  |  Norway | Royal Norwegian Navy Shipyard  | Horten | Gyller | Sleipner-class destroyer  |
17 July  |  United Kingdom | Smiths Dock Company | South Bank-on-Tees, Middlesbrough | Bembridge | Pilot cutter | For Trinity House.[15]
27 July  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend, England | Dominion Monarch | Cargo liner | For Shaw, Savill & Albion Line
28 July  |  United Kingdom | Cammell Laird | Birkenhead, England | Mauretania | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line
28 July  |  United States | Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | Philadelphia | Rhind | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
July  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Todd Johnson 17 | Tank barge | For Todd Johnson Drydocks Inc.[2]
July  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 4 unnamed vessels | Tank barges | For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
22 August  |  Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Prinz Eugen | Modified Admiral Hipper-class cruiser  |
23 August  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Blyth, Northumberland | Barcastle | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[16]
25 August  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | British Fidelity | Tanker | For British Tanker Company.[17]
28 August  |  Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Wilhelm Heidkamp | Type 1936-class destroyer  |
28 August  |  United States | Federal Shipbuilding | Kearny, New Jersey | Lang | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
August  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | J.H.C. No. 4 | Tank barge | For J. H. Coppedge.[2]
date  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Error: {{SS}} missing name (help) | Steamship | For .[2]
August  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 2 unnamed vessels | Tank barges | For Southern Kraft Corporation.[2]
1 September  |  Denmark | Nylands Verksted  | Copenhagen | Dr. Heinrich Wiegand | Cargo ship | For Argo Line.
9 September  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Jervis | J-class destroyer  | [18]
12 September  |  United Kingdom | Thornycroft | Woolston | Pelican | Egret-class sloop  | For Royal Navy.[10]
15 September  |  Germany | Germaniawerft | Kiel | Steiermark | Cargo ship | For Hamburg America Line.[5]
20 September  |  Germany | DeSchiMAG | Bremen | Anton Schmitt | Type 1936-class destroyer  |
22 September  |  Germany | Blohm + Voss | Hamburg | Mircea | Gorch-Fock-class sail training ship | For Romanian Navy
24 September  |  Finland | Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard | Helsinki | Sisu | Icebreaker | For Finnish Board of Navigation
26 September  |  United Kingdom | J. Samuel White | Cowes | Jersey | J-class destroyer  |
27 September  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank, Scotland | Queen Elizabeth | Ocean liner | For Cunard Line
27 September  |  Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Kagerō | Kagerō-class destroyer  | [19]
29 September  |  Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Jan Mayen | Fishing trawler | For Norddeutsche Hochseefischerei AG
September  |  Germany | Deschimag Seebeckwerft | Wesermünde | Weser | Fishing trawler | For Hanseatische Hochseefischerei AG
11 October  |  United Kingdom | Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson | Wallsend | Janus | J-class destroyer  |
11 October  |  United Kingdom | Blythwood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.  | Glasgow | San Demetrio | Tanker | For Eagle Oil & Shipping Co. Ltd.
12 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Pretoria Castle | Passenger ship | For Union-Castle Line.
25 October  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Cairndale | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[20]
25 October  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Jackal | J-class destroyer  | [18]
25 October  |  United Kingdom | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn-on-Tyne | Kelly | K-class destroyer  |
25 October  |  Japan | Fujinagata Shipyard | Osaka | Kuroshio | Kagerō-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
27 October  |  United Kingdom | Yarrow & Company | Scotstoun | Jupiter | J-class destroyer  |
27 October  |  United States | Charleston Naval Shipyard | North Charleston, South Carolina | Sterett | Benham-class destroyer  | [1]
October  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Neidenfels | Cargo liner | For Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft "Hansa"
8 November  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Bayonet | Net-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[21]
8 November  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Richmond Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[22]
22 November  |  United Kingdom | William Denny & Brothers | Dumbarton | Jaguar | J-class destroyer  |
29 November  |  Japan | Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Maizuru | Oyashio | Kagerō-class destroyer  | For Imperial Japanese Navy.
5 December  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | Falconet | Net-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[23]
8 December  |  Germany | Deutsche Werke | Kiel | Graf Zeppelin | Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier  |
8 December  |  United Kingdom | Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company | Govan | Juno | J-class destroyer  |
8 December  |  Japan | Harima Zōsen KK  | Aioi, Harima | Kuroshio Maru | Kawasaki-type oiler | For Chigai Kisen KK
8 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Rowallan Castle | Refrigerated cargo ship | For Union-Castle Line.[24]
20 December  |  United Kingdom | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | San Emiliano | Tanker | For Eagle Oil and Shipping Company.[25]
21 December  |  United Kingdom | John Brown & Company | Clydebank | Javelin | J-class destroyer  |
December  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | B 5 | Dredger | For Atlantic Dredging.[2]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Lübecker Maschinenbau Gesellschaft  | Lübeck | Adler | Cargo liner | For Argo Reederei Richard Adler & Co
Unknown date  |  Danzig | Danziger Werft AG | Danzig  | Amrum | Coastal tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[26]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.  | Goole | Barcombe | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[27]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Goole Shipbuilding & Repairing Co. Ltd.  | Goole | Barcroft | Bar-class boom defence vessel | For Royal Navy.[27]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd | Blyth, Northumberland | B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4 | Ferry | For Blyth Harbour Commissioners.[28]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd.  | Selby | Brahman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd.[29]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Schulte & Bruns  | Emden | Coburg | Fishing trawler | For H. Bischoff & Co
Unknown date  |  Netherlands | Nederlands Scheepsbouw Maatschappij  | Vlissingen | Denbighshire | Cargo ship | For Blue Funnel Line.[30]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Eisdanger | Norwegian-type tanker | For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[31]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Neptun Werft | Rostock | Friedrich Karl | Cargo ship | For Reederei Wendenhof GmbH
Unknown date  |  Germany | F. Schichau GmbH.  | Elbing | Gabelsflach | tanker | For Kriegsmarine.[32]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft | Flensburg | Haga | Cargo ship | For Mathies Reederei
Unknown date  |  Germany | Neptun AG | Rostock | Hannah Boge | Cargo ship | For J. M. K. Blumenthal.[33]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Bremer Vulkan Schiffs- und Maschinenbau | Stettin | Hohenfels | Cargo ship | For Hansa Line.[34]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom |  |  | John Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [35]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom |  |  | Johnathan Holt | Cargo ship | For John Holt & Co (Liverpool) Ltd. [35]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd.  | Selby | Krooman | Tug | For United Towing Co Ltd.[29]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Schiffbau-Gesellschaft Unterweser AG,  | Wesermünde | Luna | Passenger ship | For Dampfschiffahrts Gesellschaft Neptun AG (Neptun Line).
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | British Power Boat Company | Hythe | MMS 51 | MMS-class minesweeper | For Royal Navy.[36]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Mountpark | Cargo ship | For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[37]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrne & Sons Ltd.  | Selby | Marinia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrne & Sons Ltd.  | Selby | Neptunia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[39]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Son Ltd.  | Selby | Norman | Tug | For United Towing Co. Ltd.[29]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Deutsche Werft.  | Hamburg | Patria | Ocean liner | For private owner.[40]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Deutsche Werft | Hamburg | Pomona | Cargo ship | For F. Laiesz & Co.[34]
Unknown date  |  United States | Campbell Industries | San Diego | Prospect | Tuna clipper  | For Star & Crescent Boat Company
Unknown date  |  Germany | Studen und Reederei GmbH  | Beidenfleth | Sachsen | Sealer | For Studen und Reederei GmbH.
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Cochrane & Sons Ltd.  | Selby | Salvonia | tug | For Overseas Towage & Salvage Co. Ltd.[38]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd.  | Sunderland | Sandanger | Norwegian-type tanker | For Westfal-Larsen & Co. A/S.[31]
Unknown date  |  Germany | Howaldtswerke | Kiel | Schwan | Cargo ship | For Argo Line
Unknown date  |  Germany | H. C. Stulcken | Hamburg | Sperber | Light seaplane tender  | For Luftwaffe use
Unknown date  |  Germany | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG | Bremen | Süderau | Cargo ship | For Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs AG
Unknown date  |  Sweden | Oresunds Varvet.  | Landskrona | Viator | Cargo ship | For private owner.[41]
Unknown date  |  Norway | Moss Vaerft & Dokk.  | Moss | Wandsbek | Cargo ship | For Knohr & Burchard.[42]
Unknown date  |  United Kingdom | Charles Connell & Co Ltd  | Glasgow | Wellpark | Cargo ship | For J. & J. Denholm Ltd.[37]
Unknown date  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | Unnamed | Tank barge | For private owner.[2]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Friedman 1982, p. 439.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
3. ^ "Lochavon". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
4. ^ "Barbican". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
5. ^ a b Lenton 1966, p. 14.
6. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, p. 87.
7. ^ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
8. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 65–66.
9. ^ "Barbrook". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
10. ^ a b c Hague 1993, p. 67.
11. ^ "Waimarama". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
12. ^ "Durban Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
13. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 37.
14. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 210.
15. ^ "History of THPV Bembridge by Andrew Adams and others". Magemar Polska. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
16. ^ "Barcastle". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
17. ^ "British Fidelity". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
18. ^ a b Friedman 2008, p. 326
19. ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mikel 1977, pp. 148–149
20. ^ "Cairndale". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
21. ^ "Bayonet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
22. ^ "Richmond Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
23. ^ "Falconet". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
24. ^ "Rowallan Castle". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
25. ^ "San Emiliano". The Yard. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
26. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 469–70.
27. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 257.
28. ^ "B.H.M. Motor Ferry No. 4". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
29. ^ a b c Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 312.
30. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 38.
31. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 134.
32. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 469.
33. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 431.
34. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 438.
35. ^ a b Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 43.
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40. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, pp. 475–76.
41. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 476.
42. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 463.

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