The list of ship launches in 1951 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1951. __NOTOC__ Date Ship Class / type Builder Location Country Notes 9 January Cargo ship Blyth Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd Blyth, Northumberland For Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. 12 January Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigval Bergsen. 24 January BO-339 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 24 January Audaz-class destroyer Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval Ferrol For Spanish Navy 27 January Unique command cruiser Fore River Shipyard Quincy, Massachusetts 8 February Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Moltzaua & Christensen. 16 February BO-340 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 2 March Barracuda-class submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut First in class 3 March BO-341 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 8 March Train ferry John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland For British Transport Commission 12 March Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For East African Railways. 13 March BO-342 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 21 March BO-343 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 28 March Ocean Liner Alexander Stephen and Sons Glasgow, Scotland For Elder Dempster Lines 29 March BO-344 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 31 March BO-345 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk March Towboat Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Ohio Barge Line Inc. March P.O. 2001 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. 5 April Passenger ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union-Castle Line. 6 April BO-346 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 9 April destroyer John I. Thornycroft & Company Southampton, England April P.O. 2002 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. 2 May Barracuda-class submarine Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 3 May Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers. 5 May Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Fred. Olsen & Co. 22 May Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Sigurd Herlofsen A/S. 23 May Tug Harland & Wolff Belfast For East African Railways. 25 May BO-347 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 27 May BO-348 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk May P.O. 2003 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. May P.O. 2004 Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Pure Oil Company. 7 June BO-349 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 7 June Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For United Whalers. 14 June submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 16 June Ocean liner Ansaldo Shipyards Genoa For Italian Line 19 June Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Port Line. 19 June submarine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine First in class 21 June Kenya Castle Ocean liner Harland and Wolff Belfast, Northern Ireland For Union-Castle Line 21 June Barracuda-class submarine Mare Island Naval Shipyard Vallejo, California 23 June Ocean liner Newport News Shipbuilding Newport News, Virginia 23 June BO-350 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 2 July Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Lorentzen A/S. 9 July Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Hvalfinger A/S. 11 July BO-351 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 27 July BO-353 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 28 July BO-352 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 2 August Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Australia China Line. 3 August Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Whaling Co. 6 August BO-354 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 19 August BO-356 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 21 August submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 23 August Whaler Harland & Wolff Belfast For Union Whaling Co. 1 September BO-357 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 10 September BO-358 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 15 September BO-359 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 22 September BO-360 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 25 September BO-361 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 30 September BO-362 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 4 October BO-363 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 10 October BO-364 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 11 October Tanker Harland & Wolff Belfast For Societe Navale Delmas Vieljeux. 16 October BO-365 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 16 October submarine Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, Maine 11 November BO-366 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 29 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Royal Mail Line. 29 November Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For King Line. 30 November Canadian Vickers Montreal, Quebec First in class 3 December submarine Electric Boat Groton, Connecticut 17 December BO-367 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 17 December BO-368 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 17 December Cargo ship Harland & Wolff Belfast For Ulster Steamship Co. 30 December BO-369 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk 31 December BO-370 Zelenodolsk Gorky Plant Zelenedolsk Unknown date Motor vessel J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Poole For J. Bolson & Son Ltd. Unknown date Tug Bay Wharf Construction Co. Ltd. Greenwich For Braithwaite & Dean Unknown date Train ferry Helsingør Skibs og Maskinbyggeri Helsingør For SNCF Unknown date 3 unnamed vessels Tank barges Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For The Texas Company. Unknown date Unnamed Tank barge Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company Mobile, Alabama For Belcher Towing Co. Prefixed "Barge No.", likely followed by a number.
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