List of ship launches in 1959

The list of ship launches in 1959 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1959.

Country Builder Location Ship Class / type Notes
9 January  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Halibut Unique nuclear-powered submarine
18 January  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Anita Thyssen Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Seereederei Frigga, Hamburg
31 January  Australia Cockatoo Island Dockyard Sydney, New South Wales Parramatta River-class destroyer escort
11 February  Germany Burmester shipyard Bremen-Burg Cuxhaven Lindau-class minesweeper For German Navy
17 February  United States Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Sparrows Point, Maryland Haleakala Nitro-class ammunition ship
9 March  United Kingdom Yarrow Shipbuilders Glasgow, Scotland Ashanti Tribal-class frigate
19 March  Sweden Oskarshamns varv Oskarshamn Bore Ferry For Steamship Company Bore
19 March  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Essiflora Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Björn Ruud-Pedersen
21 March  West Germany Emden Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
26 March  Germany Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH Husum Rüm Hart ferry For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH<ref"M/S Rüm Hart". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
6 April  United Kingdom Fairfield Shipbuilding Glasgow, Scotland Lincoln Salisbury-class frigate
22 April  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Henry B. Wilson Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
23 April  United States Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle, Washington Towers Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
16 May  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Blueback Barbel-class submarine
23 May  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Preble Farragut-class destroyer
25 May  Japan Oyashio Oyashio-class submarine
9 June  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut George Washington George Washington-class submarine
18 June  Japan Harusame Murasame-class destroyer
20 June  France Dubigeon Nantes Daphné Daphné-class submarine For French Navy
23 June  United Kingdom Hawthorn Leslie Hebburn Royston Grange Refrigerated cargo liner For Houlder Line
23 June  United Kingdom Cammell Laird Birkenhead Windsor Castle Ocean liner For Union-Castle Line
24 June  Japan Teruzuki Akizuki-class destroyer
26 June  Japan Akizuki Akizuki-class destroyer
1 July  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim L 830 Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere
9 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Macdonough Farragut-class destroyer
14 July  United States Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts Long Beach Long Beach-class cruiser
21 July  United States New York Shipbuilding Camden, New Jersey Savannah Nuclear-powered cargo ship For United States Maritime Administration
28 July  United States Defoe Shipbuilding Company Bay City, Michigan Lynde McCormick Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
8 August  Japan Takanami Ayanami-class destroyer
15 August  West Germany Augsburg Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
17 August  United States Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, Mississippi Parsons Forrest Sherman-class destroyer
19 August  New Zealand J. Samuel White & Co. Cowes, Isle of Wight Taranaki Modified Rothesay-class frigate
8 September  United States Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine Charles F. Adams Charles F. Adams-class destroyer
22 September  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Patrick Henry George Washington-class submarine
3 October  United States Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California Theodore Roosevelt George Washington-class submarine
7 October  United States San Francisco Naval Shipyard San Francisco, California Mahan Farragut-class destroyer
24 October  West Germany Karlsruhe Köln-class (Type 140) frigate
24 October  Sweden Kockums Malmö Esso Brussels Tanker For Esso Marine (Belgium) SA
3 November  United Kingdom Vickers-Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness Oriana Ocean liner For Orient Line
18 December  United States Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia Robert E. Lee George Washington-class submarine
29 December  United States Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut Scorpion Skipjack-class submarine
Unknown Date  Germany Nordseewerke Emden Betty Nordseewerke Bulk Carrier 17.100 tdw For Christian F. Bonnevie
Unknown Date  West Germany Schiffs- und Maschinenbau AG Mannheim Mannheim Harle Riff Type Mannheim 59 ferry For Flusspioniere
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

See also
Ship events in 1959
Ship launches: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Ship commissionings: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Ship decommissionings: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Shipwrecks: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
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