List of ship launches in 1966
The list of ship launches in 1966 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1966.
Date | Country | Builder | Location | Ship | Class | Notes |
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6 January | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Talbot | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
21 January | ![]() | Nordseewerke | Emden | Sklinna | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
25 January | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Orcoma | Tanker | For Shell International Marine[1] |
26 January | ![]() | Nobiskrug | Rendsburg | Kronprins Carl Gustav | Ferry | For A/B Bonnierföretagen,[2] |
4 February | ![]() | Karljohansvern | Horten | Stavanger | Oslo-class frigate | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
5 February | ![]() | Richard Dunston Ltd | Hessle | Sir Winston Churchill | Sail training ship | For Sail Training Association |
8 February | ![]() | Hawthorn Leslie and Company | Hebburn | Argonaut | Leander-class frigate | For Royal Navy |
12 February | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Juneau | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
25 February | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Queenfish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
25 February | ![]() | Lübeck | Orenstein & Koppel | Westerwald | Westerwald-class transport ship | For German Navy |
26 February | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Sturgeon | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
1 March | ![]() | Scheepswerf & Machinefabriek P. Smit Jr. | Rotterdam | Texelstroom | For Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming[3] | |
3 March | ![]() | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Svea | Ferry | for Rederi AB Svea |
9 March | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Regent | Tanker | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. |
24 March | ![]() | Nordseewerke | Emden | Skolpen | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
26 March | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Niagara Falls | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
1 April | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Lyness | Combat stores ship | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
4 April | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Richard L. Page | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
7 April | ![]() | Husumer Schiffswerft GmbH | Husum | Nordfriesland | Ferry | For Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Amrum GmbH[4] |
15 April | ![]() | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Flensburg | Freiburg | Lüneburg-class replenishment ship | For German Navy |
May | ![]() | Trondhjems Mekaniske Verksted | Trondheim | Baden[5] | Coastal trading vessel | For Fred Losen & Co. |
3 May | ![]() | Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Flensburg | Glücksburg | Lüneburg-class replenishment ship | For German Navy |
5 May | ![]() | Defoe Shipbuilding Company | Bay City, Michigan | Brisbane | Perth-class destroyer | For Royal Australian Navy |
5 May | ![]() | Orenstein & Koppel | Lübeck | Odenwald | Westerwald-class transport ship | For German Navy |
6 May | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Nairnbank | Cargo ship | For Bank Line.[6] |
7 May | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Cleveland | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
14 May | ![]() | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Samuel Gompers | Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender | For United States Navy |
21 May | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Haddock | Permit-class submarine | For United States Navy |
25 May | ![]() | Cantieri Navali del Tirreno e Riuniti S.P.A. | Genoa | Winston Churchill | Ferry | for DFDS Seaways |
10 June | ![]() | Nordseewerke | Emden | Stadt | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
22 June | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Ray | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
1 July | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Coronado | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
5 July | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Donax | Tanker | For Shell International Marine.[7] |
9 July | ![]() | Lindenau | Kiel | Ammersee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy |
15 July | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U-2 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
21 July | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Will Rogers | Benjamin Franklin-class submarine | For United States Navy |
22 July | ![]() | Bath Iron Works | Bath, Maine | Julius A. Furer | Brooke-class frigate | For United States Navy |
26 July | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | White Plains | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
6 August | ![]() | Ingalls Shipbuilding | Pascagoula, Mississippi | Dubuque | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
19 August | ![]() | Aarhus Flydedok | Aarhus | Najaden | Ferry | For Danske Statsbaner.[8] |
2 September | ![]() | Nordseewerke | Emden | Stord | Kobben-class submarine | For Royal Norwegian Navy |
15 September | ![]() | Vickers Armstrong | Resolution | Resolution-class submarine | For Royal Navy | |
16 September | ![]() | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | Bremerton, Washington | Puget Sound | Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender | For United States Navy |
16 September | ![]() | Swan Hunter | Wallsend | Stromness | Combat stores ship | For Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
17 September | ![]() | Electric Boat | Groton, Connecticut | Pargo | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
29 September | ![]() | Lindholmens Varv | Gothenburg | Patricia | Ferry | for Swedish Lloyd |
7 October | ![]() | Cockatoo Island Dockyard | Sydney, New South Wales | Stalwart | Destroyer tender | For Royal Australian Navy |
13 October | ![]() | Harland & Wolff | Belfast | Ulster Prince | Ferry | For Coast Lines.[9] |
14 October | ![]() | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Sunfish | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
14 October | ![]() | General Dynamics Quincy Shipbuilding | Quincy, Massachusetts | Whale | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
20 October | ![]() | HDW | Kiel | U-9 | Type 205 submarine | For German Navy |
22 October | ![]() | Lockheed Shipbuilding | Seattle, Washington | Shreveport | Austin-class amphibious transport dock | For United States Navy |
22 October | ![]() | Lindenau | Kiel | Tegernsee | Walchensee-class tanker | For German Navy |
October | ![]() | Dubigeon | Nantes | Albacora | Daphné-class submarine | For Portuguese Navy |
12 November | ![]() | Lübecker Flender-Werke | Lübeck | Tor Hollandia | Ferry | For Tor Line |
19 November | ![]() | Todd Pacific Shipyards | Seattle, Washington | Knox | Knox-class frigate | For United States Navy |
24 November | ![]() | Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. | Blyth | Rogate | Cargo ship | For Stephenson, Clarke Ltd.[10] |
25 November | ![]() | Hitachi Zosen Corporation | Maizuru, Japan | Asagumo | Yamagumo-class destroyer | For Japanese Navy |
25 November | ![]() | Davie Shipbuilding | Lauzon, Quebec | Algocape | Lake freighter | For Canada Steamship Lines |
29 November | ![]() | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | Greenock | Otway | Oberon-class submarine | For Royal Australian Navy |
16 December | ![]() | Newport News Shipbuilding | Newport News, Virginia | Lapon | Sturgeon-class submarine | For United States Navy |
17 December | ![]() | National Steel & Shipbuilding | San Diego, California | Concord | Mars-class combat stores ship | For United States Navy |
29 December | ![]() | V.E.B. Mathias-Thesen Werft | Wismar | Shota Rustaveli | Ivan Franko-class passenger ship | For Black Sea Shipping Company |
Date unknown | ![]() | Alice L. Moran | Tug | For Moran Group.[11] |
References
- ^ "Orcoma". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Kronprins Carl Gustav". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "M/S Texelstroom". Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- ^ "M/S Nordfriesland". Retrieved 2017-10-08.
- ^ "M/S Baden". sjohistorie.no (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Nairnbank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Donax". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "M/S Najaden". Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Ulster Prince". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 243.
- ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 313.
- 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.