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
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
16 January United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1506 Tanker barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[1]
20 January United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Oilwell Naval tanker For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[2]
January United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co. Bembridge Kawkab Kawkab-class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3]
January United Kingdom Keith, Nelson & Co. Bembridge Thoaban Kawkab-class patrol craft For United Arab Emirates Navy.[3]
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[4]
18 February United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Oilman Naval tanker For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[5]
3 March United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1507 Tank barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[6]
5 March United Kingdom Swan Hunter Wallsend Vortigern Combined train and RO-RO ferry For British Railways Board
6 March United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hoveringham IV Dredger For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[7]
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.[8]
March France Dubegion-Normandie Nantes Maria Van Riebeeck Daphné-class submarine For South African Navy
2 April United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Husky Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[9]
3 April United Kingdom Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Burntisland Helen Miller Cargo ship For St. Vincent Shipping Co.[10]
3 April United Kingdom J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole Sand Swan Dredger For South Coast Shipping Co. Ltd.[11]
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
21 April United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Garian Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[12]
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
15 May United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Saluki Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[13]
16 May United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Brackengarth Firefighting tug For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[14]
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
29 May United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Khawlan Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[15]
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[16]
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
27 June United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hoveringham V Dredger For Hoveringham Gravels Ltd..[17]
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
31 July United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Setter Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[18]
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.[3]
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
3 September United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Sabratha Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[19]
6 September United States National Steel and Shipbuilding Company San Diego, California Tuscaloosa Newport-class tank landing ship For United States Navy
15 September United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Sheepdog Dog-class tug For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[20]
25 September United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Hollygarth Firefighting tug For Rea Towing Co. Ltd.[21]
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
14 October United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Brunswick Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship For United States Navy.[22]
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
25 October United Kingdom Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft Merawa Patrol boat For Libyan Navy.[23]
October United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 690 Barge For St. Charles Dredging & Towing.[24]
October United States Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama 691 Barge For St. Charles Dredging & Towing.[24]
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
20 November United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore P.A.S. 1604 Tank barge For Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service.[25]
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.[26]
Unknown date United Kingdom Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd. Greenwich Lobe Motor barge For London & Rochester Trading Co. Ltd.[27]
Unknown date United Kingdom Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd. Appledore Lundy Puffin Fishing trawler For Appledore Shipbuilders Ltd.[28]
Unknown date Japan Taguma Shipbuilding Onomichi Naruto Maru ro-ro ferry

References

  1. ^ "P.A.S. 1506". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Oilwell". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Moore 1976, p. not cited.
  4. ^ "M/S Schleswig-Holstein" (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Oilman". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  6. ^ "P.A.S. 1507". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Hoveringham IV". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Aino". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Husky". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  10. ^ Mitchell & Sawyer 1990, p. 30.
  11. ^ "Sand Swan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Garian". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Saluki". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Brackengarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  15. ^ "Khawlan". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  16. ^ "M/S Störtebeker" (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Hoveringham V". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  18. ^ "Setter". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  19. ^ "Sabratha". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Sheepdog". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  21. ^ "Hollygarth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Brunswick". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Merawa". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  24. ^ a b "ALABAMA SHIPYARD". Shipbuildinghistory. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  25. ^ "P.A.S. 1604". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  26. ^ Simper 1998, p. 10.
  27. ^ "Lobe". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  28. ^ "Lundy Puffin". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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.
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