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

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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]
Unknown date  |  United States | Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company | Mobile, Alabama | 3 unnamed vessels | Barges | For private owners.[33]

## References

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1. ^ "M/S Munster" (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
2. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e 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.
33. ^ "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.

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.

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